Comments on: Why a Smartphone is a Dumb Idea http://brainblogger.com/2008/12/31/why-a-smartphone-is-a-dumb-idea/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:30:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ralph Densonhttp://brainblogger.com/2008/12/31/why-a-smartphone-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-537517 Ralph Denson Fri, 22 May 2009 06:48:30 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2108#comment-537517 While i will agree that we currently have greater access to info than did a person in medieval times. Neil's comments stand, the assertion that their is more information in a week of NY Times is obviously false. Im sure you can find a better example to start your article off with. I for one find it hard to read the rest on any article when they start off with exaggerations like this, While i will agree that we currently have greater access to info than did a person in medieval times. Neil’s comments stand, the assertion that their is more information in a week of NY Times is obviously false. Im sure you can find a better example to start your article off with. I for one find it hard to read the rest on any article when they start off with exaggerations like this,

]]> By: Sajid Surve, DOhttp://brainblogger.com/2008/12/31/why-a-smartphone-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-412514 Sajid Surve, DO Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:01:28 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2108#comment-412514 Thank you for the comment Neil, but I think you misrepresent my point. I was not trying to imply that medieval people were more or less intelligent than we are today, but rather making a comment on differences in access to information between those times and our times. The fact of the matter is that presently, most of your questions could be answered with about 15 minutes of research on Google. I firmly stand by my assertion that having such easy access to information sets a concerning precedent for productivity-robbing interruptions in our daily lives. Thank you for the comment Neil, but I think you misrepresent my point. I was not trying to imply that medieval people were more or less intelligent than we are today, but rather making a comment on differences in access to information between those times and our times. The fact of the matter is that presently, most of your questions could be answered with about 15 minutes of research on Google. I firmly stand by my assertion that having such easy access to information sets a concerning precedent for productivity-robbing interruptions in our daily lives.

]]> By: Neil Hoskinshttp://brainblogger.com/2008/12/31/why-a-smartphone-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-407607 Neil Hoskins Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:18:27 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2108#comment-407607 I'm not commenting on this item, because I didn't get past the first sentence. I would like to comment on the first sentence, though, because it's clearly arrogant nonsense.So a medieval person had much less knowledge than I do, simply because he didn't know how to drive a car, or make a comment on a blog? And because he didn't know about national politics, or economics, or what's going on in Gaza?Let me twist it around. Do you know how to make a cart, or a house, or a plough? Do you have knowledge of the medicinal properties of herbs? Do you know how to cook? Are you intimately acquainted with the material properties of wood, or rushes, or clay? Do you have extensive knowledge of your family history, and know off-by-heart many songs and folk tales? Do you know how to grow cereals and vegetables? The right time of year to pick brambles or mushrooms? The behaviour of woodland animals and birds. Would you be able to have a good look at a cow or horse, and know if it was a good buy or not?etcetc... I’m not commenting on this item, because I didn’t get past the first sentence. I would like to comment on the first sentence, though, because it’s clearly arrogant nonsense.

So a medieval person had much less knowledge than I do, simply because he didn’t know how to drive a car, or make a comment on a blog? And because he didn’t know about national politics, or economics, or what’s going on in Gaza?

Let me twist it around. Do you know how to make a cart, or a house, or a plough? Do you have knowledge of the medicinal properties of herbs? Do you know how to cook? Are you intimately acquainted with the material properties of wood, or rushes, or clay? Do you have extensive knowledge of your family history, and know off-by-heart many songs and folk tales? Do you know how to grow cereals and vegetables? The right time of year to pick brambles or mushrooms? The behaviour of woodland animals and birds. Would you be able to have a good look at a cow or horse, and know if it was a good buy or not?

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]]> By: Jason Victorhttp://brainblogger.com/2008/12/31/why-a-smartphone-is-a-dumb-idea/#comment-405345 Jason Victor Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:45:23 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=2108#comment-405345 I live this every day. If it's not email, instant messages, phone calls, mobile phone calls, and text messages ... it's people stopping by for quick questions. Luckily, there's no Facebook, My Space, or home email accounts at work, or it would be even more distracting!I heard somewhere that all of this "context switching" could be one factor in Alzheimer's in the future, but I cannot point to any study at the moment to back this up. I live this every day. If it’s not email, instant messages, phone calls, mobile phone calls, and text messages … it’s people stopping by for quick questions. Luckily, there’s no Facebook, My Space, or home email accounts at work, or it would be even more distracting!

I heard somewhere that all of this “context switching” could be one factor in Alzheimer’s in the future, but I cannot point to any study at the moment to back this up.

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