Do hyperlinks make us less intelligent?
When someone asks us a question, the answer we usually give is nothing more than a representation of the previous knowledge we have at a cognitive level, in other words, the answers come from preconceived ideas that we have stored in our mental structure.
The ideas that we usually use to respond to multiple contexts have been acquired through learning processes obtained throughout our lives, basically our level of knowledge is the result of the experiences that we unconsciously undergo, as well as our beliefs about life.
Fig. 2 Our level of knowledge is the result of the experiences we have had. Image of public domain, Author: Ernestoeslava, 2017
For the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, our knowledge is closely related to action, construction, reasoning and its representation through language, on the other hand, for Piaget our cognitive development depends largely on the interaction we have with the environment, as this increases our ability to structurally organize knowledge.
In this sense and based on these premises, we can highlight that technology currently limits our direct interaction with the environment, so we can infer that proportionally it is generating a decrease in our cognitive ability, in this regard the American writer Nicholas Carr has stated that technology and specifically the Internet search engines are making us less intelligent.
Carr position is strongly influenced by the adverse effect that hyperlinks have on our cognitive development, because it is inferred that this way of accessing information does not allow us to concentrate, deduce, reason, or save ideas to our library or mental structure. I hope to read your comments on this topic.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES CONSULTED:
[1] Ahmad A., and Ayyal A Piaget's Theory of Learning. Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research. 2013. Article: Online access
[2] Carr N Is Google Making Us Stupid?. 2008. Article: Online access
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