Monday, August 16, 2010

Is the internet making us stupid?

"In 10 years, I've seen students' thinking habits change dramatically: if information is not immediately available via a Google search, students are often stymied. But of course what a Google search provides is not the best, wisest or most accurate answer, but the most popular one."
Sarah Churchwell, a senior lecturer in American literature and culture at the University of East Anglia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/aug/15/internet-brain-neuroscience-debate