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How Google Is Making Us Smarter | Machine-Brain Connections | DISCOVER Magazine
That doesn’t mean we must approve of every possible extension of the mind, and even good extensions will have some drawbacks. Socrates worried that writing would make people forgetful and unwise. Sure enough, writing did rob us of some gifts, such as the ability to recite epic poems like The Iliad from memory. But it also created a much larger pool of knowledge from which people could draw, a pool that has continued to expand (or, dare we say, continued to extend?).
If we’ve learned anything since Clark and Chalmers published “The Extended Mind,” it’s not to underestimate the mind’s ability to adapt to the changing world.
technology  internet  philosophy  mind  psychology  intelligence  science  article  brain  articles  google  web  neuroscience  robots  cool 
april 2009 by mwfogleman
Ayad Allawi and Bush administration's forgery of documents, Ron Suskind | Salon
What was an Iraqi politician doing at CIA headquarters just days before he distributed a fake memo incriminating Saddam Hussein in 9/11?
war  terrorism  politics  military  lies  iraq  intelligence  house  cheney 
august 2008 by mwfogleman
My experience with smart drugs
Not sure about credibility, but interesting points raised.
drugs  brain  health  intelligence  progivil  psychology  medicine 
may 2008 by mwfogleman
The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American
Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life.
education  parenting  psychology  intelligence  kids  science  learning  school  smart  effort  gifted  sciam 
may 2008 by mwfogleman
Higher Games
It's been 10 years since IBM's Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in chess. A prominent philosopher asks what the match meant.
chess  computer  intelligence  human  philosophy  psychology  toread 
august 2007 by mwfogleman

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