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Is Twitter Making Us Immoral?

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adam-eve-michelangelo-lI don’t think so, but researcher Mary Helen Immordino-Yang thinks otherwise. She makes an argument that has an ounce of truth:

“If things are happening too fast, you may not ever fully experience emotions about other people’s psychological states, and that would have implications for your morality.”

The basic point that she is conveying is that if we have to deal with an avalanche of information (such as the one Twitter might - or not -redound to) we could become somehow less sensitive, and the way we feel about others and ourselves will be modified. She based this asseveration on 13 different studies where test subjects were told a story and they were asked to recall it afterwards.
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Comments - Posted 01.12.09
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Comments - Posted 12.23.08
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Comments - Posted 12.23.08
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Comments - Posted 12.18.08
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Comments - Posted 12.16.08
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Comments - Posted 12.15.08
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