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Mankind becomes stupid
According to research conducted in several countries, particularly in the US, the EU, the level of education and erudition of the population each year has been steadily falling. The exceptions are the countries of Asia - says Helsingin Sanomat. Statistics gathered by sociologists from Beloit College shows that a significant proportion of young Americans struggling to cope with capital letters. Recall that the ability to write is one of the manifestations of fine motor skills, which, in turn, is connected with the development of the speech center of the brain. Such degradation is observed in European adolescents: one in five of them have difficulty with reading and writing! The disappointing results of a survey conducted by VTsIOM. In particular, it was found that one third of our fellow citizens believe that the sun revolves around the Earth. Hopefully, the answers were not devoid of color jokes. Researchers see the "root of evil" in widespread vivid visual images. In particular, logos, colorful advertising, video sharing, mobile applications with icons that are gradually being squeezed in today's world, textual information, thus providing the brain very bad service. According to scientists, to withdraw himself from the stupor can be the good old methods: reading, crossword puzzles, writing by hand, learning languages, for example, learning English on their own - in short, everything that makes our brains do not be lazy and take action.
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