• "Smart phones" don't make the operators smarter.

    From Anonymous User@noreply@dirge.harmsk.com to alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.psychology, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android on Tue Mar 24 15:28:17 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    It actually makes those using them dumber by limiting perspectives
    and critical thinking due to oversimplification and emotional
    stimulation.

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  • From Anonymous@nobody@yamn.paranoici.org to alt.privacy.anon-server, alt.psychology, comp.mobile.android,misc.phone.mobile.iphone on Tue Mar 24 22:28:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    It actually makes those using them dumber by limiting perspectives
    and critical thinking due to oversimplification and emotional
    stimulation.

    Picky, Picky. I have spent a lifetime writing software that made
    life easier for all users. One's life is not only stimulated by a cell
    phone.

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  • From Nick Charles@none@none.none to misc.phone.mobile.iphone,alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.psychology,comp.mobile.android on Tue Mar 24 22:51:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.mobile.android

    Anonymous User <noreply@dirge.harmsk.com> wrote:
    It actually makes those using them dumber by limiting perspectives
    and critical thinking due to oversimplification and emotional
    stimulation.

    Sounds to me like you wrote this on your phone.

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