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By now you've probably heard that Google and other search engines make us think differently. Columbia University researcher said he remembers Betsy Sparrow less information is available online, but remember that we can find that information on the Internet.
This raises the question: And 'this new research means that we are lazy and stupid, or is the web changes the external memory stick?
Sparrow Research shows that the way our memory by using the Internet is not unlike how we would have relied on others in the past.
"Since the advent of search engines, we are reorganizing the way we remember things," Sparrow said in his report. "Our brains are dependent on the Internet for memory in the same way they rely on memory of a friend, family member or colleague. We remember less useful to know the information themselves, by knowing where the information can be found. "
I do not know about you but I'm pretty sure that the Internet has much more information than jumping in the minds of my friends, family members and employees. (No offense, guys!) It's almost like being friends with the Oxford English Dictionary, and several sets of encyclopedias. The tricky part is knowing what sources of reliable information and what does not. A lot of waste out there posing as truth or fact. If we do not have discerning minds, we can easily think that we have an answer when we really misinformation and half-truths.
I like to think that the results of Sparrow means that are more like research librarians that students lazy we can not know everything, but we have a pretty good idea of where to find information when needed. This does not mean we should not commit things to memory. The fact that we have calculators do not mean we should not be able to do some basic numeric calculations in our heads.
I believe that the weakness would be if we are able to leverage the network to mundane tasks and free up more brain power of critical thinking and creativity - two things that can not easily complete computers.
This raises the question: And 'this new research means that we are lazy and stupid, or is the web changes the external memory stick?
Sparrow Research shows that the way our memory by using the Internet is not unlike how we would have relied on others in the past.
"Since the advent of search engines, we are reorganizing the way we remember things," Sparrow said in his report. "Our brains are dependent on the Internet for memory in the same way they rely on memory of a friend, family member or colleague. We remember less useful to know the information themselves, by knowing where the information can be found. "
I do not know about you but I'm pretty sure that the Internet has much more information than jumping in the minds of my friends, family members and employees. (No offense, guys!) It's almost like being friends with the Oxford English Dictionary, and several sets of encyclopedias. The tricky part is knowing what sources of reliable information and what does not. A lot of waste out there posing as truth or fact. If we do not have discerning minds, we can easily think that we have an answer when we really misinformation and half-truths.
I like to think that the results of Sparrow means that are more like research librarians that students lazy we can not know everything, but we have a pretty good idea of where to find information when needed. This does not mean we should not commit things to memory. The fact that we have calculators do not mean we should not be able to do some basic numeric calculations in our heads.
I believe that the weakness would be if we are able to leverage the network to mundane tasks and free up more brain power of critical thinking and creativity - two things that can not easily complete computers.
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