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Writer urges Internet junkies to 'switch off' and think
Breitbart ^ | May 30 02:42 AM US/Eastern | AFP

Posted on 05/30/2011 8:58:22 AM PDT by Texas Fossil

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21 posted on 05/30/2011 10:27:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Sacajaweau
In humans data retrieval is somewhat random and the more you know the longer it takes your brain to find something.
22 posted on 05/30/2011 10:34:57 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: abb

One of the greatest success of the internet is that it revealed the Usurper of the US.

I don’t see that as a reason to publish another book of misdirection.


23 posted on 05/30/2011 10:41:01 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: Dallas59

Leo Laporte, radio tech guy, calls my HTC Evo 4G a great small computer that happens to have a cell phone built in.

So many features and capabilities, so little time.


24 posted on 05/30/2011 10:43:03 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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25 posted on 05/30/2011 10:55:42 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: precisionshootist

Old Chinese proverb:

“Today’s problems were often yesterdays solutions.”


26 posted on 05/30/2011 10:59:04 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Lady Jag
In humans data retrieval is somewhat random and the more you know the longer it takes your brain to find something.

Totally false. In fact, the most recent cognitive research suggests that the brain stores information based on "connections"... the more connections between certain bits of information, the more easily you can recall some or all of them. Emotional connections can also serve an important role as well.

So, the more you know (and the more you understand how it all fits together), the easier it is to retrieve it...

27 posted on 05/30/2011 11:05:18 AM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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Does that in itself change the way we think?

Count on it.

I've been at this for 35 years and I've seen what technology does to people. Back during the Internet bubble, vested employees couldn't take their eyes off the computer displays long enough to run their companies or do their jobs. It was frustrating to deal with them.

Now that content has exploded, there are many avenues of distraction. Unlike other fads, this one is likely a permanent part of the landscape.

Adult onset ADHD, I'd like to call it.

28 posted on 05/30/2011 11:06:48 AM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

Not exactly. You didn’t read it right. I said “somewhat.”

In fact the more data your brain holds the longer it takes to retrieve it.

That is what I said.


29 posted on 05/30/2011 11:17:01 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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In fact the more data your brain holds the longer it takes to retrieve it.

That is what I said.

I understand. That's what I am saying is wrong. It is not a matter of volume, but of organization. A brain with twice as much "in memory" can be twice as fast at recall, depending on how the information is connected in your brain. A brain with very little in it can struggle to recall disconnected facts. That's why brain organization is key...

30 posted on 05/30/2011 1:02:01 PM PDT by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)
That's true, too, but I was being succinct.

Computer speed of retrieval is far superior to the human’s

That's what I'm talking about.

Tops it the computer
Next is the conservative
Next is the rocks
Last and certainly least
is the liberal.

31 posted on 05/30/2011 1:44:22 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Keep the 'ICk" in Democratic)
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To: Texas Fossil

“Old Chinese proverb:

“Today’s problems were often yesterdays solutions.””

Maybe that’s why they copy everybody elses products instead of creating their own! Lol !


32 posted on 05/30/2011 2:44:40 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: precisionshootist

It is easier and more predictable to copy others work than to create something from scratch. It is also more profitable.

X-Pat Chinese have a reputation for being sharp businessmen.


33 posted on 05/30/2011 3:05:02 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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