Google Effect: Is technology making us stupid?

As the Title suggests, is there an answer to a question or is the Article correct? one way or the Other.
Maybe just a little Light reading for some but I am sure the IT techies among us will have some insight and useful Answers. For me a lot of it made sense. but, maybe I am suffering from the
Google Effect:
Google Effect: Is technology making us stupid?

JP

 

To me, the internet world is allowing us to put more into our brain and expand our knowledge, rather than wasting thought and memory of trivial data (phone numbers and such). I think additionally people are more globally aware than before. The internet is educational down to the nursery-preschool level. Sure there is some bad, i.e.. porn and b.s. from terrorist groups, but overall it has opened the eyes of most, IMO.

 

Can't Ague with this at all my Friend, the Open University has proved the point on this.

Now this will make you smile. We have just come back from Mama's, apparently she asked one of the kids how to do something and I guess she got a few Shoulder shrugs and to much Laughter she said, My Daughter tell us, so glu, ghoul, thingy you know ah googly it then. ( She is 94) and they say out of Mouths of Babes, Works both ends EH?

JP

 

An internet example tonight. I had to buy dinner for us when I was at Rob. Market today, most of the time my wife does the shopping. What I wanted to buy was of course out of stock (packs of sliced ham) so had to find an alternative. We have 7 of us staying at my house now so when I saw a packet of 8 frozen Farmer John brand hot dogs and given we haven't cooked hot dogs at home for a couple of years I took them. I was surprised to see they cost 400p, but that would only be 50p each so not too bad. Two for me and one each for the other 6. At 400p, I didn't want to waste them. I bought a pack of 8 hot dog buns for 30p and was on way. Perfect. When I got home I proudly told my wife I bought hot dogs for everyone so defrost them. Everyone but me eat outside. When my wife asked if I wanted to eat now and told me they already ate, I asked her if everyone liked the hot dogs. She said the hot dogs are for me, they had fish. I should not had been surprised. The hot dogs are now defrosted so she told me she will grill my 2 and refreeze the other 6. I did not know if you can refreeze hot dogs so I jumped on the internet and found if they were defrosted in the fridge and didn't sit out for 2 hours, no problem. If not for the internet I would have trashed the hot dogs.
God save the internet.