On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 21:14 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote > > http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/08/17/our-brains-pay-price-for-gps/d2Tnvo4hiWjuybid5UhQVO/story.html >
> My first instinct was to turn the GPS back on so I could stop being > lost. <snip> > How GPS affects OUR natural ability to navigate For an article that starts with an example of cognitive bias, it is far faar too long. The author could not find his way sans GPS - and suddenly a few sentences later the problem becomes a general one where GPS affects _OUR-ABILITY_TO_NAVIGATE. We all get included in his group. Our ability. Yours, mine, and everyone else. wtf? A child who walks to a local store or school (or is driven for that matter) every day for many years is being guided by a "parental GPS". When he has to find his way for the first time - his parents may be sick with worry and he may lose his way. But he soon learns how to cope. I think it is much ado about nothing. shiv
