Emails Bring Down Your IQ?
A study conducted on emails by King’s College & London University in 2005 claimed that emails, texts, and phone messages are a greater risk to IQ and concentration than using cannabis. The trial was done on 1,100 people who seemed to demonstrate how emails have an addictive grip. They were forced to answer questions while new emails dropped into their inbox. Productivity at work was said to be damaged and the effect on the staff was equivalent to a loss of a night’s sleep.
It resulted in the study saying that “IQ dropped 10 points due to emails,” while cannabis studies saw a 4-point loss. Of course, they ignored how pretty much any distraction can cause concentration issues. Plus, IQ is not exactly an easy thing to measure in this format. They also ignored how cannabis also does not relate to this either.