15 May 2015
According to scientists, the age of smartphones has left humans with such a short attention span even a goldfish can hold a thought for longer.
Researchers surveyed 2,000 participants in Canada and studied the brain activity of 112 others using electroencephalograms.
The results showed the average human attention span has fallen from 12 seconds in 2000, or around the time the mobile revolution began, to eight seconds.
Continue reading: Humans have shorter attention span than goldfish, thanks to smartphones
Commentary by The Secular Jurist: If Canadians now have a shorter attention span than a goldfish, then how bad must Americans’ attention span be – shorter than a fruit fly?
The Secular Jurist 
Oddly, Americans have a negative number attention span. They lose focus on things long before they ever make an attempt to focus on them. This is particularly true of very important things like our government and our education system.
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Wow, that is bad!
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What is? I don’t remember what we were talking about.
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I think it was… oh look, there’s a huge eagle up in the sky!
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Reblogged this on sdbast.
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Is anyone surprised? 🙂
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Those who would be surprised don’t have an attention span long enough to read this article.
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