YSK that Jay Van Bavel asked 120 researchers if smartphones and social media are bad for teen mental health. He was able to identify a series of statements that essentially all agreed on

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• tomiant@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Seems that the main consensus was that the paper was misleading at best.

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• Valasian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  However, this paper created major uproar:

  science.org/…/social-media-consensus-paper-causes…

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• stefenauris@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought our collapsing society would be a greater cause of mental health issues than some silly fuckin phone

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is this another fly-by-night account?

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• Apytele@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s doing the mirror to the men, and allowing for the destruction of physical spaces that would normally provide them with healthy socialization and outlets for testosterone.

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