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Are we getting stupider?

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17 hours ago

Brain rot is everywhere. Our feeds are filled with slop, misinformation is ubiquitous, and AI is increasingly doing our thinking for us. And the crisis goes even deeper: Math and reading scores are falling, trust in science has been declining, and our attention spans are shrinking. Some even say we’re in a Golden Age of Stupidity. But all is not lost when it comes to matters of the mind — at least, according to Andrew Budson, a neurologist at Boston University who specializes in and researches memory disorders. He says there’s definitely a way to reclaim our brains, and he talks al...