Does the ubiquity of information on the Internet make for smarter scholars and students? As with technological advancements in the past, the answer is probably "no." But, experts say, the technology isn’t dumbing people down either—even if search engines, PDA’s, and the like keep users from cultivating memory skills.
"It’s true we don’t remember anything anymore," says Jeff Hawkins, the co-founder of Palm Computing and author of On Intelligence, "but we don’t need to." (CNET News)
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