Convenience or Knowledge While Google can be convenient if you need a quick answer or need to find information at a moment’s notice. ‚ People should not be using google as an easy way out to answer questions because the students knowing this can also use this search engine to cheat on test so they can avoid retaining information. The students of today also do not have a sense of working for their own academic goals‚ and this is a problem because the students of this generation do not have to think
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possible misdiagnosis of ADHD‚ prioritizing convergent thinking‚ and having an increase of standardized testing. The work throughout the week wasn’t particularly surprising. However‚ one that was rather thought provoking was the article Is Google Making Us Stupid? This was a subject matter that I’ve never been able to place into words. I knew that my capacity to read full-fledged articles had periodically decreased over time. It only took the reference to Hal-9000 for me to understand that our brains
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Is Google making us stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains… In Nicholas Carr’s article‚ “Is Google making us stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains”‚ he’s not necessarily saying that Google is making us stupid‚ instead‚ he’s stating the fact that the computer has so much going on‚ our brains are becoming more and more like it each day we access it. In addition‚ the main point of this article is to discuss how the internet may have negative effects on the human mind‚ in that
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Techno Smart or Techno Not so Smart Society has become very dependent when it comes to technology resources. In the articles “Is Google making us Stupid?” by author Nicholas Carr and “Mind Over Mass Media” by author Steven Pinker‚ both authors express their views on technology and how it is affecting today’s society. In most cases the first thing most people do is grab a computer‚ smartphone or tablet to search up pretty much anything. It can be anything from researching an address‚ telephone
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The question that Nick Carr is asking in his article “Is Google making us Stupid‚” is if the availability and convenience of the internet is causing people to become lazy‚ or stupid. Supporters of the internet argue that we will enter a “golden age of intellectual discovery and universal wisdom” (Carr). Everyone will be able to access the internet and the knowledge that is available. This would result in faster and more efficient access to information‚ which would lead to our brains understanding
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Technology can change the way humans live in daily lives‚ the way we learn and the way we use our faculties of attention. In the articles‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?: What the Internet is doing to our brains” and “Is Google wrecking our memory?” Nicholas Carr and Clive Thompson discusses that humans being are taking over by the use of technology and is affected major parts of our social lives. Carr argues that internet is just a set for people to make money‚ and how our critical thinking skills
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immediately to end the violence and inappropriate discipline being inflicted on our citizens. The harsh discipline we are discovering is being used more and more often should not be tolerated. Abby Boyce English 1201 Professor McGehee 10/22/2012 Toulmin Questionnaire Claim Questions: What’s my claim? Something needs to be done immediately to end the violence and inappropriate discipline being inflicted on our citizens. The harsh discipline we are discovering is being used more and more often should
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Google‚ can be used for many reasons. Some good‚ some bad. It is how the user uses Google‚ that depends on if it is making us smarter. There is a lot of technology coming out these days‚ and most of it is helpful to almost everyone. Essentially‚ technology is making us smarter. But‚ some technology is making short cuts for us. Students used to go to the library and checked out books to help with their homework. Nowadays‚ students go home and Google the answers‚ rather than searching for information
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Stupid Is as Stupid Does One of the two books I read was Forrest Gump‚ written by Winston Groom. I spent almost two months on it‚ and I found it so interesting and instructive that the simple and easy words could touch my heart. Forrest Gump is a man who has a very low intelligence. Everyone‚ including himself‚ thinks that he is an idiot. The narrator of this book is himself‚ and it is interestingly different to see the world from an “idiot”. Though he might not be so good at dealing with social
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Earth: Our Gift From God Brooklynn McMurray Liberty University Abstract This paper presents a Toulmin model argument for the care and usage of the Earth and its natural resources as dictated by God in the Holy Bible (NIV). The Old Testament provides many guidelines for man to live fruitfully on Earth. Because it was made by God and given to us‚ we must follow the guidelines that he has set forth in the care and preservation of our planet. Earth: Our Gift From God Before God created man
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