It really depends on how the internet is used, for example, if you just use it to play games the whole day and so on, of course it may happen. If the primary use of the internet is for communicating, emails, messenger, etc.. probably neutral but again it depends on what the topic between the communicating parties is about. Furthermore, if the main purpose of using the internet is to read news and find out about other information, you'd definitely be learning something and perhaps even make ya a bit more smarter. But again with positives, comes negatives, as others said, people can also lie on the internet and exploit it (ie tricked in a chatroom, paedophilia (sp), etc). Personally I think it's good and has a mountainful of useful information for most purposes such as study, work, and so on, but again as others said, it can easily be exploited

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Yes the internet can make some people somewhat "stupid". There is alot of false information out there but it is up to the user to interpret what is real and what is not. If someone sees questionable information they should look at other references to confirm its validity. However, many people don't question the information they find. It is easy to spot these people. They are the ones who believe in the chain emails that contain myths which aren't true.

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hmm i think its maybe...you can find ALOT of information on just about anything on the internet...yet we all know for a fact that not everything thats on the internet is true so thats where you may go stupid...i cant tell whether most the stuff on the internet is mostly stupid or not...but i use the internet as a source for information ALL THE TIME and nothing usually ever goes wrong...always seem to find what i want to know..

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Hmmm there's two sides to the medaille.
A computer (the internet) can be used as information-storage and train your brains to process lots of 'data',
but it's also proven that when one sits too much spending time at a pc or internet, their brainsfrequencies can change wich can lead to less intelligence, numbness and bad social abilities.

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I don't think the internet makes you stupid. Just think of it as a learning environment.


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I dont think it makes you stupid... I think some people are stupid to begin with. If you believe everything you read, then you're foolish, and blaming the internet doesn't make it any better.
It bugs me that teachers sometimes wont let you use the internet as a cited source on papers... you should be smart enough to double-check things and know when you're using a trusted source. If kids aren't smart enough, teachers should teach them how to be, not ban the source u.u

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I think Yes,

While using Internet (Instant Messanger) like these softwares take so much time and It useless If you used unproperly.


For me ,I'm using internet 24x7 before and then I Failed my exams ,exams ,exams.

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Hey.

The opposite rather. Even though there is a lot of crap out there there is so much good information also that you can only prosper. Anytime I have a question I turn on the computer and google it. If you want to absolutely make sure that stuff is true you need to check and see if others have said the same thing. How can the internet make you stupid? I don't get it.

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what i beleive is that the internet can make you both stupid or smart

it depends on what you do or look at

if you do research,then you'll get smart

if all you do is play games, then you might become stupid

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It can make you 'stupid' and it cannot make you 'stupid'. It depends how you use the internet, if you use the internet for playing games and all that, of course it might make you a bit stupid, but not entirely, if you use the interent for im and all that, it might make you stupid but i might not.

It really depends on how you use the internet

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