It only seems logical that spending hours upon hours surfing the abyss of the Internet will eventually destroy your brain. Five minutes of reading YouTube comments alone should probably wipe out your capacity to do long division without a calculator.
The logic behind this assumption seems sound; it's like when you watch trashy television, right? Your brain is less engaged than if you were, say, reading a book or doing a crossword puzzle. And because you're not exercising your brain muscles, they must be atrophying.
Actually, no. Because some science guys are beginning to find out that those hours of surfing the interwebs might actually be making us smarter.
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_18595_6-slacker-behaviors-that-science-says-are-good-you_p2.html#ixzz0ucTluLt7
Considering all the negative effects of stress, from erectile dysfunction to heart disease, it's no wonder stress.org calls it America's number one problem. It definitely sounds like we're not stressing out as much as we should about this whole stress issue.
Nothing on this list will reduce stress more efficiently than enjoying all those dirty pleasures everyone says you shouldn't enjoy. An Australian study discovered that skipping work or buying that solid gold ice cream scooper is exactly the kind of irresponsible behavior that keeps you stress-free, happy and healthy. Almost everyone engages in this behavior and it seems to be the best way to release steam.
Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_18595_6-slacker-behaviors-that-science-says-are-good-you_p2.html#ixzz0ucVANtSi
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