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"Instead of amplifying the users' intelligence, they rather amplify their stupidity." Lost me right there. I love computers, as a bioinformatician they allow m
by teekert 6y ago
"Instead of amplifying the users' intelligence, they rather amplify their stupidity."
Lost me right there. I love computers, as a bioinformatician they allow me to understand reality better by giving me the power to create abstractions from massive amounts of data that my puny brain can comprehend. The structured way in which I communicate with my computers allows met to think differently about problems. I strongly feel that they amplify my intelligence.
- kilpikaarna 6y agoThen you didn't reach the part where it says 'Observation is among the most important human skills computers can augment. Things that are difficult or impossible for humans to observe can be brought within human cognitive capacity by various computational processes. Gathered information can be visualized, slight changes and pattern deviances emphasized, slow processes sped up, forecasts calculated. In Bill Mollison's words, "Information is the critical potential resource. It becomes a resource only when obtained and acted upon."'
- teekert 6y agoOh that sounds good. I guess I always find it difficult to read a piece that starts with things that go strongly against my convictions, I realize that this is problem for humanity and does not help in getting wiser. I should have read the rest of it.