Do hyperlinks make us less intelligent?
When someone asks us a question, the answer we usually give is nothing more than a representation of the previous knowledge we have at a cognitive level, in other words, the answers come from preconceived ideas that we have stored in our mental structure.
The ideas that we usually use to respond to multiple contexts have been acquired through learning processes obtained throughout our lives, basically our level of knowledge is the result of the experiences that we unconsciously undergo, as well as our beliefs about life.
Fig. 2 Our level of knowledge is the result of the experiences we have had. Image of public domain, Author: Ernestoeslava, 2017
For the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, our knowledge is closely related to action, construction, reasoning and its representation through language, on the other hand, for Piaget our cognitive development depends largely on the interaction we have with the environment, as this increases our ability to structurally organize knowledge.
In this sense and based on these premises, we can highlight that technology currently limits our direct interaction with the environment, so we can infer that proportionally it is generating a decrease in our cognitive ability, in this regard the American writer Nicholas Carr has stated that technology and specifically the Internet search engines are making us less intelligent.
Carr position is strongly influenced by the adverse effect that hyperlinks have on our cognitive development, because it is inferred that this way of accessing information does not allow us to concentrate, deduce, reason, or save ideas to our library or mental structure. I hope to read your comments on this topic.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES CONSULTED:
[1] Ahmad A., and Ayyal A Piaget's Theory of Learning. Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research. 2013. Article: Online access
[2] Carr N Is Google Making Us Stupid?. 2008. Article: Online access
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Hi @lupafilotaxia. I also consider that these easy ways of accessing and storing information make us less creative and analytical, we can see it in students who do not strive to make a decent research, just assemble something coherent with what they find on the internet, this limits their ability to deduce.
Greetings @emimoron
Correct these search engines or Internet search engines, only allow us to access files or information without going to analytical processes, an element that prevents us from having a meaningful learning. Thanks for leaving your deduction. Best regards.
Knowledge and experience we get from reading or experimenting are often use as guide when it comes to sharing ideas and opinions on related topics of life.
I don't see them as making us less intelligent but from reading and getting exposed to new things around we can tackle question tactically.
Thanks for sharing.
Greetings @mccoy02
I respect your position, however it is to understand that people in these times of technological modernity, tend to access information without going to reasoning processes, obviously this puts us in a situation of inability when it comes to deduce because our cognitive development is not favored when we access information without creating bridges of interaction. Thanks for visiting the blog.
Greetings @lupafilotaxia, excellent analysis on this topic, every day that passes humanity is more consumed by technology, leaving aside those vivencia and daily lived experiences, which allow us to give answers to many situations that we are presented daily. Even our own children are affected by this problem, I think that as people and parents we can make a balance between technology and our activities that have been lost over time.
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Greetings dear Professor @carlir
Good point, certainly the constant use of information on internet search engines, take away time that we could invest with our family and enjoy every day experiences. Thanks for visiting the blog, be well. Greetings to Daniela, María José and little Mathías.
I believe that with good planning we can have a good balance between using the internet and sharing with our families and in this way not forget those empirical learning that has a significant value.
A big hug @lupafilotaxia
Everything evolves over time for the human being and everything that the human being has developed is a function of its development, the Internet is one of the greatest achievements as it can establish a kind of collective knowledge available to all, the brain seeks to spend the minimum of energy if you want some knowledge that is why the hyperlinks that facilitate information do not make us less intelligent but more versatile when it comes to locating knowledge.
Greetings @mccoy02
I respect your position, however it is worth mentioning that science itself through controlled trials infers that the constant use of search engines to access information decreases our cognitive development, evidently that makes us less intelligent when it comes to deduce. Thanks for visiting the blog.
I think that the automation of these processes definitely makes the information stay with us in an automatic way and I am based on the fact that what is easily learned is forgotten.
On a psychological level, when an experience is difficult for us, it is very difficult for us to forget about it, so this encourages the learning process. And I think it makes a lot of sense there when talking about the hyperlinks that seem to make the person more lazy.
Perhaps it is because our brain requires constant training and being busy to promote the synapse between our neurons,something that makes our brain processes more active and that our brain is constantly growing making connections between neurons.
Greetings @reinaldoverdu
I fully agree with your position, definitely what is learned through easy ways is also forgotten, the point or disadvantage of hyperlinks is that there is no interaction that allows to create reasoning and also does not allow to promote meaningful knowledge. Thanks for your accurate and well formulated comment. Best regards.