Speaker 1: All right, just when I think you couldn't possibly be
Speaker 1: any dumber, We've got four ways that we make ourselves
Speaker 1: dumber every day. Is listening to this show one of them?
Speaker 1: Its top answer survey says, yes, that is on the board.
Speaker 1: That was number one. No, we're just making ourselves dumber
Speaker 1: every day now. Number one. What was your guest early
Speaker 1: social media or something social media related? Yeah, just scrolling
Speaker 1: on social media. People do dumb on TikTok. Then somebody's like, oh,
Speaker 1: I have to try that. That's true. But number one
Speaker 1: on this list, and this is from psychology today, not
Speaker 1: treating your brain like it's a muscle. Now, it's not
Speaker 1: a muscle, but you can train it like one. And
Speaker 1: most people think of their brain like it's a fixed thing.
Speaker 1: But studies have shown just keep just knowing you can
Speaker 1: train your brain and improve cognition tends to make it happen.
Speaker 1: I did say that word right, didn't like because I
Speaker 1: wasn't sure question this is what I'm talking about, and
Speaker 1: I haven't trained my brain. I should have trained my
Speaker 1: brain before this segment. But if you don't treat your
Speaker 1: brain like it's a muscle, you might just slowly decline.
Speaker 1: So that's true. Are you when they say, like, especially
Speaker 1: when you get older, you need to keep doing stuff
Speaker 1: because if you just sit around, that's when you know happening.
Speaker 1: So are we treating our brains like muscles? Sometimes? I
Speaker 1: think some games you play? That's right? Okay, all right,
Speaker 1: all right, So that's okay. That might be the one
Speaker 1: thing that we're you know, because number two on the
Speaker 1: list not getting enough sleep. Yeah, there you go, I
Speaker 1: probably should be number one. Even just one night of
Speaker 1: bad sleep can make you dumber. You can probably feel
Speaker 1: it when it happens. I know, I know we can. Uh.
Speaker 1: Number three on the list drinking alcohol guilty, you're not
Speaker 1: just you know, dumber while you drink. Drinking too much
Speaker 1: and too often can greatly affect brain function long term,
Speaker 1: long term. Yeah, so I feel like we have gotten dumber.
Speaker 1: They're committed to be being a whole dumb asses on
Speaker 1: that one. Yeah. Yeah, and number four, these are ways
Speaker 1: we're making ourselves dumber every day. Not having enough structure
Speaker 1: in your day. Our brains thrive on purpose and deadlines,
Speaker 1: and you know, without them, we're less focused and less creative.
Speaker 1: Sound like the hr person putting that in there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you're right, the cask needs to be done by there.
Speaker 1: You think that was HR, That was HR iHeart Radio.
Speaker 1: Any more structure in your dad