[kwlug disc.] 'Blackberries make you stupid!'

[Donald Tees]

Unsolicited wrote:
> Came across this yesterday, at
> http://ctv.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050819.gtjkblog2005/tech/Technology/Technology/&id=RTGAM.20050819.gtjkblog2005 
>
> <<<<<
> Ten lost points: Hoo boy. Researchers at the University of London
> Institute of Psychiatry are saying that the constant distractions of
> e-mail and texting on portable devices (such as the Blackberry) make
> you stupid, more so than smoking marijuana.
>
> E-mail, phone calls and text messages can drop your IQ by an average
> of 10 points, which is double the rate of loss of brainpower of those
> smoking pot, the researchers said.
>
Thank god, I do not have one ... hell, I'd have to give up pot.

Donald