more than 75 percent believe the Internet will make people smarter within the next decade
Results released on Friday from an online survey of 895 Web surfers and experts, revealed that more than 75 percent believe the Internet will make people smarter within the next decade of IBM 92p1101 battery .The survey, conducted by the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University in North Carolina and the Pew Internet and American Life project, revealed that most of participants also feel the Internet would improve reading and writing skills within that time too.
Janna Anderson, director of the Imagining the Internet Center and co-author of the survey, told Reuters “Three out of four experts said our use of the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence of Sony VGP-BPS9/S battery , and two-thirds said use of the Internet has improved reading, writing and the rendering of knowledge.”
In contrast, 21 percent of the respondents believe the Internet will be responsible for lowering the IQs of those who use it frequently.The online survey gathered opinions from people from all areas of the spectrum. Scientists, business leaders, writers, developers of vgp bps8a , and Internet users screened by the research team, as well as others partook in the study. Of the 895 people surveyed, 371 were considered “experts.”
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The survey was conducted based partly on an August 2008 cover story in the Atlantic Monthly titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by tech writer Nicholas Carr for IBM 92p1101 battery ,IBM 92P1102 battery . The survey also revealed that 42 percent of experts think that anonymous online activity will be cracked down on by 2020, due to tighter security and ID systems. 55 percent believe it will still be fairly easy to surf the ‘Net anonymously by then.
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