http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/15/is-google-making-us-smarter-or-stupider/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/15/is-google-making-us-smarter-or-stupider/#comment-111842 Chip Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:32:50 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=6312#comment-111842 Thanks, Sampi. I followed the <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stupider" rel="nofollow">Wiktionary link</a> and found that the usage is <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#proscribed" rel="nofollow">proscribed</a>. So I guess the answer is "maybe". Thanks, Sampi. I followed the Wiktionary link and found that the usage is proscribed. So I guess the answer is “maybe”.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/15/is-google-making-us-smarter-or-stupider/#comment-111689 Sampi Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:51:49 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=6312#comment-111689 http://www.google.com/search?q=define:Stupider :P http://www.google.com/search?q=define:Stupider
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]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/15/is-google-making-us-smarter-or-stupider/#comment-111360 Chip Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:13:13 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=6312#comment-111360 Thanks, Kevin. I suppose with any new technology there will always be a number of resulting "couch potatoes" -- people who simultaneously lose their old skills and fail to acquire new ones. But the general trend, I think, is that people discover new opportunities to exercise their brains whenever the old problems are satisfactorily solved. With all our technology, I don't think we're less intelligent than our ancient ancestors -- but we do have a devil of a time memorizing epic poems. Thanks, Kevin. I suppose with any new technology there will always be a number of resulting “couch potatoes” — people who simultaneously lose their old skills and fail to acquire new ones. But the general trend, I think, is that people discover new opportunities to exercise their brains whenever the old problems are satisfactorily solved. With all our technology, I don’t think we’re less intelligent than our ancient ancestors — but we do have a devil of a time memorizing epic poems.

]]> http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/10/15/is-google-making-us-smarter-or-stupider/#comment-111346 Kevin W. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:33:27 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=6312#comment-111346 Well this makes sense. I've never really understood the luddites who always scream whatever new information technology is making us all dumber. Things like search engines merely change the way we think, not diminish it. I can has cheezburger, now? Well this makes sense. I’ve never really understood the luddites who always scream whatever new information technology is making us all dumber. Things like search engines merely change the way we think, not diminish it. I can has cheezburger, now?

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