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Neither_Ride3473 t1_j7birv2 wrote

Reply to comment by corcyra in A new study suggests that too much screen time during infancy may lead to changes in brain activity, as well as problems with executive functioning — the ability to stay focused and control impulses, behaviors, and emotions — in elementary school. by Wagamaga

You can think whatever you want but your opinions unfortunately don't change reality.

How exactly can someone not be an idiot as well as curious and easily occupied? I hate to break it to you but it's extremely easy to entertain a stupid person, not so much with the opposite side of the spectrum.

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corcyra t1_j7d2yij wrote

Because lack of curiosity is a hallmark of the idiot.

What you don't understand (I'm guessing you don't know that many children or even like them very much, given the way you talk about them) is what kids are doing when they play. There's an old saying that if you give a child a toy with only one function, they'll get bored with it very quickly and go play with the box, because the box can become anything. That's not stupidity, but the nascent human spirit of enquiry which led to the steam engine, among other useful things.

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Neither_Ride3473 t1_j7fceo1 wrote

Ok. As a matter of fact I have 5 kids and I grew up babysitting kids. I apologize for offending you by using the word idiot because I was obviously 100% attempting to insult children.

I'm really not sorry, but hopefully my apology will make you feel better and you will go away. Toodles!

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