Bridgett Goss English 101 MWF 11-11:50 September 23‚ 2012 Dr. Barko Are IPhones Making Us Stupid? Have we become too depended on our portable technology? Some people‚ not just teenage girls‚ cannot function without having their phone in hand constantly. Technology is not a just product anymore‚ it is a lifestyle‚ and without it people honestly do not think that they will not make it. These smart phones have everything on them; you can access internet search sites‚ shopping net
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crucial channel that provides students across the globe with a gamut of information (Carr). While I do disagree that Google is making people stupid‚ I can understand how the Internet can shape a person’s though process (Carr). In my personal experience‚ Google has been a crucial tool for my success in school. Therefore‚ I a disagree with the statement that Google is making people stupid due to the fact that it provides people with immediate access to a vast channel of information. Not only is the internet
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surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the internet. A few Google searches‚ some quick clicks‚ and I’ve got the fact or quote I was after.” By stating this‚ he is showing how easy it is to become caught up in the convenience of the internet. He uses himself as an example because most Americans can relate‚ and understand where he is coming from. Everyone knows that Google‚ or other internet search engines‚ make gathering information easy‚ however many do not realize what it is doing
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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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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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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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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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First‚ watch this video:MythBusters - surprises Then‚ copy and paste the questions below into the submission box and answer the following questions as completely as possible. Complete answers will be at least a paragraph long (a paragraph is at least three full sentences!) or longer. 1. Isaac Asimov‚ a famous science fiction author‚ once said "The most exciting phrase to hear in science‚ the one that heralds new discoveries‚ is not ’Eureka!’ (I’ve found it!)‚ but ’That’s funny...’." Based on
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Is Google Making Us Dumb? Nicholas Carr makes his point‚ Google is making us dumb‚ very clear. Carr noticed it himself. He realizes that his mind works differently when it comes to reading. Carr can’t focus on lengthy articles. After two or three lines his mind drifts away from the article and his mind tries to find something else to do. He says that this all happened from looking for information on the internet for over a decade‚ reading emails‚ scanning headlines‚ reading blog posts
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Diana Mendoza Due Date: February 12‚ 2015 Lab 1 Stupid in America EDUC 13001-6301 Stupid in America Are kids really stupid in America? Some people believe it is not the students who are stupid‚ they believe it’s the system that’s stupid. Schools argue it’s because of the money. They need more money to give a better education. In John Stossel’s documentary we can see that money is not the problem‚ a school in Kansas received more than what it usually does and instead of doing better in the test
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