[BenLurkin]

Do I-phones lower IQ?

[euram]

“Do I-phones lower IQ?”

Phones are getting smarter, and people are getting dumber.

[mad_as_he$$]

Yes!

[shibumi]

I am coming late to this thread and I have no desire to read 134 responses to see if someone else has said this. So forgive me if this is redundant.

"Do I-phones lower IQ?"

The objective answer is "No."

But the subjective reality, viewed in light of the way in which the device is utilized is emphatically "Yes!"

There's a joke that's been going around for a while now. It goes like this:

"I have in my pocket a small device that can access virtually the entire sum of human knowledge from the founding of civilization through the nuclear and space age.

It includes the writings and speculations of every great philosopher and scientist the world has ever known.

I use it to play video games and argue with strangers."

In short, the iPhone is a part of the pop culture that substitutes activity and information for understanding.