@Ardeegee. I agree that the article is speculative and anacdotal, but questions are where research begins and I've always thought the speculations of experts in a field are useful in the absence of hard science.
As I'm sure you know, the social sciences are usually considered "soft science." The subject of speculation by the scientists in the article--going into the wilderness for a few days and leaving all digital technology behind--would be unusually hard to develop into a research project placed in the field, but the issue is important. Lately I've heard a number of people speculating about whether to take a vacation. Their puritan consciences kept telling them "goofing off is fun and fun is being bad." If anecdotes are all we have maybe anecdotes can do until the science is done.
(It might be fun to research though.
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