Texting makes kids dumb -- science fact!

[BLADDER_MASTER]

Ready for your daily dose of wildly speculative extrapolation and unfounded fear-mongering? Predictive texting is the latest suspect in the ongoing war against things that make children dumb. A new study from Australia's Monash University has shown that predictive texters finish their exams faster and with more errors than others, because of course, when your mobile finishes your words in a text, you expect it to finish your sentences in a test. We jest, and there may be a sliver of truth to this contention, but let's be forthright here -- you could probably do more damage to your brain with a good night's alcohol intake than you can with a lifetime of texting.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/texting-makes-kids-dumb-science-fact/

Quick solution to this.

Turn off the predictive text feature. :thumbup:

 

[NavySlideby]

well good thing ive got a blackberry with a full keyboard, so no finishing my sentences
lol this is just stupidity

 

[HellaSFLDan]

lol texting does make ppl dumb. you should see how many ppl cant spell simple words correctly because of texting!!

 

[green_machine]

yeah, just look at how people type here even w/ spellcheck.

 

[LowRisksCC MA47]

lol texting does make ppl dumb. you should see how many ppl cant spell simple words correctly because of texting!!

yah i know!!!!1111 I h8 how ppl are all like, omg, wtf, bbq, lol.

 

[m4nfred]

old phone no t9

 

[SFL Autosports]

the worst is when they make the effort to spell diff...yO WhAT ^ whErE iZ u aT

 

[Bryan]

new sponser?^ as for texting, using that memory txt is confusing as fuck. 1 letter at a time FTW

 

[Wolf Haley]

new sponser?^ as for texting, using that memory txt is confusing as fuck. 1 letter at a time FTW

only confusing if you have a small brain....all u have to do is spell the word out and it will work

 

[Bryan]

only confusing if you have a small brain....all u have to do is spell the word out and it will work

not on a slvr. trust me it spells weird words. if i wanna spell a word with the letter B its gonna have like 12 words memorized that start with the letter A

 

[Wolf Haley]

all u do is spell the word completely out and press star or 0 to switch words its not hard man