Polyglot Incarnate

I read one of the articles that Professor Westerman posted, here’s the link: http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2011/06/23/cant-skepticism-be-cool-anymore/

So anyway I thought it was really interesting how he pointed out that the internet could be causing depression or vice versa. It seems like a “Which came first the chicken or the egg?”-type question. 

I also thought it was important that he talked about how studies on this topic have failed to uncover a significant p-value. While this may be largely because these studies are preliminary, the author points out that people shouldn’t wait for science to back up certain trends in society. If there is some evidence, but it’s not substantiated enough, we shouldn’t wait to make changes in our lives. 

If we become addicted to the internet, when it crashes (or we have temporary inability to access it) there could be a lot of problems.

Signing off-

Alice