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Hmmm. "When we get all the answers do we think?" Good question. If we consider what we have said, then has thinking on your own become such an inferred CHORE? I

Hmmm. "When we get all the answers do we think?" Good question. If we consider what we have said, then has thinking on your own become such an inferred CHORE? I dont mean independent thought, I mean using your own intelligence as a means to learn & understand the world. But somehow having all the answers has thinking as the second best option when compared to finding others' ready made solutions.

drcwpl 2y ago
...and that is a terrible thought for me.. 'thinking as the second best option." I guess we need to think through carefully many processes, and then allow the 'tools' to do the jobs for us... but then are we simply adopting these tools and losing the ability to think? As a simple example - Smartphones have many advantages, but we used to have to hold a host of telephone numbers in our heads and then think as we dialled the numbers (or read them from our little address book), GPS has helped in so many ways, but also hinedred our ability to think of routes, as I said simple examples. Some tools are dosed out to us without our thought, we adapt rapidly. As you said about search - library research at uni's is dwindling dramatically. We do give up a lot for the convenience of tools - and it will continue as we 'automate' more. So, we need to use the time we gain wisely and become discoverers... seeking new knowledge, rather than letting, mindless screen time become our daily norm!
- cgordo840 2y ago
  I agree, especially with the term "discoverers". I think a key part of what steers us towards the easy answer, and leads us away from thinking on our own is the fact that most questions do in fact have answers readily accessible online. The mystery is gone. The zest for learning & applying knowledge loses a little something when you believe there not much else to be gained on your own. So I agree, breaking new boundaries and making new discoveries is a vital part to maintaining high intelligence levels. But there we have a catch 22. Technology has progressed to the point that in order to consider new boundaries the knowledge required is enormous. This prerequisite severely limits access to these boundaries on a large scale. Only a small percent will have the means (financial, intellectual, ect) to acquire the knowledge necessary. This of course would lead to a larger perceived IQ divide among the masses.
  - cgordo840 2y ago
    Just to see what kind of responses I can get.... If i were a crazy conspiracy theorist...what better way to control a population than to propagate a culture where thinking becomes the second best option? And our technological advances have raised the bar intellectually so high that the perceived divide is real as shown through declining IQ scores. And that divide is a means of societal separation, cultivated to allow aristocracy. But I'm just talking crazy.

drcwpl 2y ago

...and that is a terrible thought for me.. 'thinking as the second best option." I guess we need to think through carefully many processes, and then allow the 'tools' to do the jobs for us... but then are we simply adopting these tools and losing the ability to think? As a simple example - Smartphones have many advantages, but we used to have to hold a host of telephone numbers in our heads and then think as we dialled the numbers (or read them from our little address book), GPS has helped in so many ways, but also hinedred our ability to think of routes, as I said simple examples. Some tools are dosed out to us without our thought, we adapt rapidly. As you said about search - library research at uni's is dwindling dramatically. We do give up a lot for the convenience of tools - and it will continue as we 'automate' more. So, we need to use the time we gain wisely and become discoverers... seeking new knowledge, rather than letting, mindless screen time become our daily norm!

cgordo840 2y ago
I agree, especially with the term "discoverers". I think a key part of what steers us towards the easy answer, and leads us away from thinking on our own is the fact that most questions do in fact have answers readily accessible online. The mystery is gone. The zest for learning & applying knowledge loses a little something when you believe there not much else to be gained on your own. So I agree, breaking new boundaries and making new discoveries is a vital part to maintaining high intelligence levels. But there we have a catch 22. Technology has progressed to the point that in order to consider new boundaries the knowledge required is enormous. This prerequisite severely limits access to these boundaries on a large scale. Only a small percent will have the means (financial, intellectual, ect) to acquire the knowledge necessary. This of course would lead to a larger perceived IQ divide among the masses.
- cgordo840 2y ago
  Just to see what kind of responses I can get.... If i were a crazy conspiracy theorist...what better way to control a population than to propagate a culture where thinking becomes the second best option? And our technological advances have raised the bar intellectually so high that the perceived divide is real as shown through declining IQ scores. And that divide is a means of societal separation, cultivated to allow aristocracy. But I'm just talking crazy.