Dated 14-20 Feb 2010
This week’s report consists of 29 National surveys.
Will internet with all its resources make us more intelligent or stupid?[1]
Cyber space is commonly espoused to be a mass source of information. But does it make us more intelligent? This was the subject of a Pew survey that sought future expec
tations as a result of increasing internet facilities. However with as a ubiquitous facility of an information bank, will the internet not render us all at a level standing. One may have easier access and more efficient employment of this knowledge source, but does that essentially constitute a higher degree of intelligence?
The definition of intelligence hence stands disputed. Also the human capacity to assimilate and absorb this knowledge poses new avenues of opportunity along with greater challenges in the face of a deluge of data. Furthermore the unchartered territory as to how information management has the capacity to influence poses yet another challenge. It may be employed as a tool in the direction and control of ideas. Trends towards losing the ability to concentrate and seeking a generic superficial knowledge rather than a more responsible study of knowledge are posed as concrete arguments by the critics in this regard. Is then the question posed by the pew survey a rather superficial analysis of a more complex phenomenon? §
Cyber space is commonly espoused to be a mass source of information. But does it make us more intelligent? This was the subject of a Pew survey that sought future expec
tations as a result of increasing internet facilities. However with as a ubiquitous facility of an information bank, will the internet not render us all at a level standing. One may have easier access and more efficient employment of this knowledge source, but does that essentially constitute a higher degree of intelligence?The definition of intelligence hence stands disputed. Also the human capacity to assimilate and absorb this knowledge poses new avenues of opportunity along with greater challenges in the face of a deluge of data. Furthermore the unchartered territory as to how information management has the capacity to influence poses yet another challenge. It may be employed as a tool in the direction and control of ideas. Trends towards losing the ability to concentrate and seeking a generic superficial knowledge rather than a more responsible study of knowledge are posed as concrete arguments by the critics in this regard. Is then the question posed by the pew survey a rather superficial analysis of a more complex phenomenon? §
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The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.
The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.
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