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Friday, April 17, 2009

Facebook Lomdus

Check this interesting article. It is important to note the message of these statistics because facebook is all the rage in Jewish day schools too. However, what I found most interesting was the approach to the findings. I always appreciate a good Chakira. What we have here is a classic Siman vs. Siba. Does extensive use of facebook cause grades to suffer, or is it an indicator that such a person most likely doesn't do as well in school.

Personally, I have a hard time believing it's a Siba. 

What say you?

1 comment:

  1. The Freakonomics blog recently mentioned these findings. They didn't add anything, but some of the comments are pretty interesting. Check it here: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/your-brain-on-facebook/

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