![]() ![]() ![]() Google provides us with more information than ever, which we're constantly accessing, so there are arguments that it's actually making us smarter, providing us with more info and making our brains work to process it.ĭW: How has Google impacted our attention span? But the ability to retain large blocks of text is not a sign of intelligence, and being unable to do so doesn't make you 'dumb.' Intelligence has many cultural and genetic factors and a lot of time it boils down to how you use information, not how well you remember it. The main argument I see in favor of this view is that people used to be able to remember long essays or poems or pieces and recite them easily, as this is what was taught in school. No, I can't see how this can have happened. ![]() Dean Burnett is a Cardiff-based neuroscientist and author Image: PrivatĭW: Has Google made people dumber over the years? ![]()
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