The internet is devolving our brains!

Very interesting article on Technorati which poses the question “Is internet dependence helping us evolve or devolve?”

The article talks about how reliant we’ve all become on Google when we don’t know something and the part cellphones and laptops have had to play in the demise of our short to medium term memories.

I conducted a bit of a straw poll round the office (I say a bit, as there was only 4 involved in the survey) and nobody could remember the mobile phone numbers of their significant others.  The general consensus is that there is no need to remember any telephone number as your phone does it for you.

Now, if only I could remember where I put my Nintendo DS?  Time to get another session in with Dr Kawashima