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by 75dvtwin 3100 days ago
my personal reaction is 2 fold

WRT

>In one study, he found that when kids stopped being addicted to games, their depression and anxiety got better.

( 1 )

Is this study repeatable? (or does it suffer the fate of many (75%) psychology experiments that cannot be replicated [1]

( 2 )

Instagram, Facebook , -- would those, potentially, addiction-fueled activities, ever become subject to the WHO recommendation ?

[ 1 ] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/aug/27/study-delive...

1 comments

The replication claim has never been replicated either.
they have. repeatability problems have been found in various domains , including medicine and psychology which is of concern here