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I don't see a lot of people still writing with quills, and there's a reason for that, yet there have been no catastrophic consequences, excepting maybe for "Big
by IT4MD 1y ago
I don't see a lot of people still writing with quills, and there's a reason for that, yet there have been no catastrophic consequences, excepting maybe for "Big Quill".
Personally, I think this veers into hyperbole a bit. The degradation in motor skills is barely measurable when compared to common tasks required of people today and we're talking about a skill that has less and less use cases every day.
I believe this is trying to judge a fish by how well it climbs a tree, in a lot of regards.
YMMV.
- hopelite 1y ago[dead]
- skirge 1y agoIf you don't want to be replaced by machine you need a skill which machine can't replicate and train that skill somehow. Or become a very good machine operator.
- n0tquitehere 1y agoMachines that can hand write already exist: https://bantamtools.com/collections/bantam-tools-nextdraw https://bantamtools.com/collections/bantam-tools-nextdraw
- bluGill 1y agoMachines have been writing with pens for longer than I've been alive - since 1958 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter#History. For that matters, pens are a type of machine. if you use a pen you are a machine operator.
- 1718627440 1y agoA pen is a tool not a machine, or does your pen have a motor?
- bluGill 1y agoWhat is the difference between tool and machine?
- 1718627440 1y agoWhether there is a drive unit. tool + drive = machine machine + sensor = automaton automaton + decision = robot
- IT4MD 1y agoStealing this.. thanks!
- nancyminusone 1y agoLike this? https://hackaday.io/project/190788-homework-machine https://hackaday.io/project/190788-homework-machine
- watwut 1y agoYeah, but fine motor skills is not something required today all that much. Machines already took over all the fine motor skills jobs.
- silvestrov 1y ago> degradation in motor skills If writing was so important for motor skills then it is very weird that kids only needs this single exercise. Why don't we have many different things to do with hands then? Like gym lessions which teaches many different sports/exercises instead of doing many years of the same exercise.
- IT4MD 1y agoNothing in the study accounts for other factors. I played a number of musical instruments growing up, and if I had ignored handwriting, I'm fairly sure I would still have better than average fine motor control.