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from the we-always-knew-there-were-benefits dept.
Australian Broadcast Corp reports:
Research released from RMIT [Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology] University has found gaming helps boost results in maths, science and reading.
But researchers said scrolling through Facebook, Instagram or chat sites had the reverse effect, by hindering academic success in high school.
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Associate Professor Posso used data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) to analyse the online habits of 12,000 Australian 15 year olds, which he then compared to their academic results.He said the PISA data revealed that online gaming helped young people develop analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the study found spending hours on social media was mostly wasted time for teenagers, in terms of academic performance.Australian teenagers who used Facebook or chat sites every day scored 20 points worse in maths than students who never used social media, the research said.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:12PM
I learned all my social skills from Fred Rogers, Martin Luther King, and Star Trek, so you can imagine how I'm completely unwelcome in society. Nobody likes me just the way I am.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:59PM
Mr. Rogers never said everyone would, just that he does. He was also not your average Joe and probably disliked by a lot of people who felt called out by his general "goodness". Sadly the only way people like one another is if we fit into the small bubble of "normal" that the other person expects. Most people are in the same general bubble, but think or behave outside that bubble and at best you're interesting but still not socially accepted.
I've met so many people who parrot the line "I never trust a man who doesn't curse or doesn't drink." Sure, that has some element of truth to it, but its mostly garbage. Often those people have some serious defects themselves and don't even know it. Pairs well with "don't be a rat". Yes, because we should let fucked up things happen because people don't like being "told on". Buncha dangerous motherfucking babies!
(Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday August 10 2016, @12:19AM
Yeah, the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are a great guide of how to behave in society. And James Kirk provides many examples of how to seduce women, although I have often wondered how he boinked them in his quarters on that small bed. Perhaps they did it on the floor.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 11 2016, @06:10AM
They just omitted that all that kinky bondage gear he had in the 'Mirror Universe' was actually in his quarters in the 'Regular Universe' :)
Ahh to live through the 60s again :)