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BeccaPrice · 05-04-2013, 11:46 AM

Has anyone read this? I'm only about 1/4 into it, but a lot of it seems like it's an extended "you kids get off my lawn" rant. It's based off the author's 2008 article in the Atlantic.

There seems to be some post hoc prompter hoc thinking going on here, too - He says the clock and improvements in map making allowed scientific thinking - maybe an increase in scientific thinking allowed people to improve the clock and map making? There's lots of assertions with no real research to back it up.

If anyone else has read this, or reads the linked to Atlantic article, I'd be interested in discussing this with you.

05-04-2013, 11:46 AM	#1
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains Has anyone read this? I'm only about 1/4 into it, but a lot of it seems like it's an extended "you kids get off my lawn" rant. It's based off the author's 2008 article in the Atlantic. There seems to be some post hoc prompter hoc thinking going on here, too - He says the clock and improvements in map making allowed scientific thinking - maybe an increase in scientific thinking allowed people to improve the clock and map making? There's lots of assertions with no real research to back it up. If anyone else has read this, or reads the linked to Atlantic article, I'd be interested in discussing this with you.