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'Get off Facebook and get a life'
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'Get off Facebook and get a life'
Topic Started: Mar 20 2009, 09:41 PM (284 Views)
Thyunda
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A psychologist is urging people to get off Facebook and other social networking sites, and get a life instead.




Dr Aric Sigman says the amount of time we spend with each other has slumped dramatically and in turn is damaging our health.

He says our devotion to such sites could alter the way genes work, upset immune responses, hormone levels, and the function of arteries, and influence mental performance.

Levels of hormones such as the "cuddle chemical" oxytocin, which promotes bonding, altered according to whether people were in close contact or not.

This could increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and dementia.

Dr Sigman spells out his warning in the latest issue of Biologist, the journal of the Institute of Biology, and maintains that social networking sites have played a significant role in people becoming more isolated.

He said: "Social networking is the internet's biggest growth area, particular among young children.

"A quarter of British children have a laptop or computer in their room by the age of five and they have their own social networking sites, like the BBC's myCBBC. It's causing huge changes."

Dr Sigman said 209 "socially regulated" genes have been identified, including ones involved in the immune system, cell proliferation and responses to stress.

Electronic media is also undermining the ability of children and young people to learn vital social skills and read body language, he said.

Dr Sigman continued: "One of the most pronounced changes in the daily habits of British citizens is a reduction in the number of minutes per day that they interact with another human being.

"In less than two decades, the number of people saying there is no one with whom they discuss important matters nearly tripled.

"Parents spend less time with their children than they did only a decade ago. Britain has the lowest proportion of children in all of Europe who eat with their parents at the table. The proportion of people who work at home alone continues to rise.

"I am worried about where this is all leading. It's not that I'm old fashioned in terms of new technology, but the purpose of any new technology should be to provide a tool that enhances our lives.

"Social networking sites should allow us to embellish our social lives, but what we find is very different. The tail is wagging the dog. These are not tools that enhance, they are tools that displace."

Research suggests the number of hours people spend interacting face-to-face has fallen dramatically since 1987 as electronic media use increases.
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Iacon isn't a way to speak to new people or network across large areas, its no different from using a phone or something. It doesn't require constant update or add friends, so even DA or whatever is more "facebook-y" than us.

I'm a sad, hairy recluse, so I naturally say fuck facebook. If a book had my face on the front it would just make the reader shit themselves....
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Load of bull, tbh. If I told you that water was dangerous, everyone would laugh at me, but if my name was Dr. Billy Hyatt, Aqau scientist at London Oxford university, everyone would take notice. Just because I had Dr before my name.
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Facebook's wank anyway.
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King Crimson
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I don't think its dangerous, I just fail to see the point in these people who cry if someone doesn't click "Add as Friend" or whatever (E.g. JeffJeff).
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It's even funnier when you fall out with somebody, and they deliver the killing blow:
"I'm removing you from my Facebook friends list!"
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Barky
Mar 21 2009, 11:21 AM
Load of bull, tbh. If I told you that water was dangerous, everyone would laugh at me, but if my name was Dr. Billy Hyatt, Aqau scientist at London Oxford university, everyone would take notice. Just because I had Dr before my name.
Well. Yeah, Billy. That's the idea. If you can prove you've spent years studying a certain field, it demonstrates an understanding, so people are going to trust your judgement, because they know you know what you're talking about.
And, I actually think this is pretty accurate.

The only reason you're calling it bullshit is because you are a perfect example of what he's talking about. I don't think you get any form of social interaction aside from going to school. And it shows, Billy. It shows.
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Not like Con, sitting in front of a computer screen whilst simultaneously watching and researching the adventures of his metamorphosising, plasticized army's latest recruits; whiling away the hours until Botcon 2009 and Transformers 2 come up on his digitised Windows calender..... ;)

Too be fair, several so-called scientists, in truth discredited and vengeful researchers, purposefully tried to discredit Climate Change on prime time Channel 4, and they convinced thousands. Don't know anything about this guy, but its not unheard of to get dodgy science from people with chips on their shoulders.
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King Crimson
Mar 22 2009, 03:39 PM
Not like Con, sitting in front of a computer screen whilst simultaneously watching and researching the adventures of his metamorphosising, plasticized army's latest recruits; whiling away the hours until Botcon 2009 and Transformers 2 come up on his digitised Windows calender..... ;)

Too be fair, several so-called scientists, in truth discredited and vengeful researchers, purposefully tried to discredit Climate Change on prime time Channel 4, and they convinced thousands. Don't know anything about this guy, but its not unheard of to get dodgy science from people with chips on their shoulders.
How the hell do you know what I have on my Windows calendar?!
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The guy seems to think people never go out because of facebook. Most people just use it to arrange to go out anyway...
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Loz
Mar 23 2009, 03:22 PM
The guy seems to think people never go out because of facebook. Most people just use it to arrange to go out anyway...
We must know different people.
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Internet is good at communicating, not communication, if you get me. It can get messages across well, but it can't support human relations on a complete level as some people (JeffJeff) believe it can.
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