ScienceGuy24

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“The art of not being ready and doing it anyway will take you so far.”

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Scientists put kids through 100 hours of reading, then scanned their brains. New wiring had physically grown inside the language regions. Communication between brain areas sped up by a factor of 10. Kids who didn't read showed zero change.

That was a 2009 Carnegie Mellon study. It gets wilder.

In 2013, Emory University scanned 19 students every morning for 19 straight days while they read one novel chapter each night. Mornings after reading, the brain areas responsible for understanding other people's emotions lit up with new connections. So did the region that processes physical sensation. Their brains were simulating what the characters felt, as if it were happening to them. Those changes stuck around for 5 days after they finished the book.

Now flip to scrolling. A massive review published in Psychological Bulletin last September pulled together 71 studies covering 98,299 people. Heavy short-form video use (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) showed a clear pattern: worse attention, weaker self-control, and more anxiety. Consistent across teenagers and adults, across every platform tested. Oxford didn't name "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year for nothing.

A 2024 brain wave study found that people hooked on short-form video had weaker activity in the front of the brain, the part that controls focus and impulse control. Separate brain scans showed the same thing: heavy scrollers had less activation in the exact regions that deep reading strengthens.

UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has been studying this for decades. Humans were never born to read. There's no gene for it. Reading is something we invented, and it hijacked neurons that were originally meant for recognizing faces. Over time, it built entirely new brain circuits connecting language, vision, and emotion. But those circuits only survive if you use them. Stop reading, and they fade. Wolf's conclusion is simple: screens built for speed produce a speed-wired brain. Books built for depth produce a depth-wired brain.

One honest caveat: most of these studies are snapshots, not long-term tracking. People who already struggle to focus might just prefer short videos. But the same pattern showing up across nearly 100,000 people is hard to shrug off.

The tweet repeats the line seven times. The research backs it up with brain scans, EEG data, and white-matter imaging across tens of thousands of people.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

To be worth the inconvenience.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Now the coverup is out in the open. This is far from over.

Everyone involved will have to answer for this. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin.

Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections.

Bondi should resign tonight.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Pathetic.

[Tempesttdenise @tempesttdenise]

Cancelling Power Book II but keeping BMF. 😒😒

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Alperen Sengun WENT OFF vs. Wemby 😤

45 PTS (career-high)
16 REB
5 STL
19-32 FG https://t.co/tMELUyoriy

[Mink Flow @currypistonn]

I’ve never heard a commentator get mad at his partner on live TV like this 😭

[Daymon @Damewilson9]

Wolverines won the National title, Lions back in the playoffs and winning. CWebb and Jalen Rose back cool. Niggas definitely sacrificed the Pistons

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

You told me you didn’t know how to coach a QB who could throw and run like me, so looks like you weren’t prepared Jay.

[B.W. Carlin @BaileyCarlin]

Imagine having to get back in your car and drive home like this

[Terence Crawford @terencecrawford]

Oooowwweeee this game looking like me and @ErrolSpenceJr. They must have injuries that’s why we winning hun? 😭😭😭

[Overtime @overtime]

The literal representation of “skedaddle” 🤣 (via theprettyroast/TT)

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Both CFP games today came down to the FINAL PLAY 🔥🔥

[drichardbailey @drichardbailey]

Coach Ham, you're starting 5 power forwards

[Ben Stinar @BenStinar]

Fun fact NO one ever brings up when discussing Trae Young…He’s 6 seasons into the NBA and never had an All-Star teammate

He’s been to the Eastern Conference Finals and NBA playoffs 3 times.

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

The Oakland A’s are officially moving to Las Vegas after a unanimous vote, per @BNightengale