I do not believe that devices such as PDA's are making us stupid, more that our memory is being redirected to other areas, such as our social interactions, and the development of different areas of the brain. We still absorb the same amount of information, but when someone gives us their phone number and we enter it into our phone/PDA, then we will most likely remember something else about them that we may not have if we didn't have these devices, such as something trivial like their hair colour.
Cheers all.
Boodle
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I do not believe that devices such as PDA's are making us stupid, more that our memory is being redirected to other areas, such as our social interactions, and the development of different areas of the brain. We still absorb the same amount of information, but when someone gives us their phone number and we enter it into our phone/PDA, then we will most likely remember something else about them that we may not have if we didn't have these devices, such as something trivial like their hair colour. Cheers all. Boodle