The responded article says this:

A total of 6 studies were included, involving 4 countries, after a total of 5,178 eligible articles were searched in databases and references.

They literally typed some shit into the journal search database that had that many articles. They didn’t study all of those articles. Their study is founded exclusively from 6 studies. The Cochrane review’s approach is far more comprehensive and goes into considerably more depth in many more studies.

So, maybe you didn’t read the articles? Or maybe you don’t understand population level, public health study methods.

I think we are in agreement! Very true that Twitter was getting free advertising. But if “X” is still relevant, I guess the news will just give that free branding? Already the rebranding has caused a lot of conversation, which is also free advertising, to an extent?

Tiffany was legendary for the brief moment she was around (left).

Kids don’t know what is interesting until they encounter it. I didn’t know Calculus was awesome until I was in a place to understand it, for instance. School opened my eyes to many interesting things that I would have had no clue about otherwise.

Smartphones are a major problem in schools. They are highly addictive and distract students to a high degree. An young developing mind (which some adults seem to forget about) has less control over addictions and such than a fully developed mind. Adults recognize they are addicted to their phones. Kids are also addicted, but it’s a bigger problem because it is hampering their learning.

I taught in the public high schools in Canada. Phones are a major fucking problem and kids would rather Snapchat/play stupid games/or look at Instagram than do just about anything else.

From what I understand, the car will help you plan your trip with charging stations along the way. At least, that’s what Teslas do.

Nuclear a power, when done right, is highly efficient.

I’m not sure why so many Apple folk use Spotify. I prefer Apple Music. Also, the new included Apple Classical App is fantastic. Spotify offers a shit experience for classical music lovers.

Supporting Amazon? I’d pass.

I get this perspective, but the reality is that Reddit has a lot of users that don’t care. Similarly, millions of people signed up for Meta’s Threads forking over a shitload of privacy. The majority of people aren’t educated enough to know or care about the issues at hand. So rather than us trying to fight a behemoth, we have to work alongside it to siphon off its community one member at a time.

Does this work across platforms? iPad? iPhone? AppleTV?

I can’t stand watching ads. Ads waste my time. My time is valuable. I’ll pay for no ads.

How come?