tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post3145330532414710288..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Boondoggle-omics, or the end of Enlightenment science?Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-12246079359791120922010-12-29T09:56:50.750-05:002010-12-29T09:56:50.750-05:00I'm not convinced about the endangered skills ...I'm not convinced about the endangered skills view, only in the sense that one wonders if things were ever very different. Hasn't the ability to see a broader picture always been rather rare? <br /><br />Anyway, enlightenment science, and who knows what else, has programmed us to expect simple answers, but we've always known about the differences. Anyway, our society is very technophilic for various reasons, not least being that technology delivers many things we take as good--like novocaine and (perhaps?) cell phones and the internet and huge-size televisions to mesmerize us.<br /><br />I share your hope about a resisting minority, but I'm not convinced it's real....yet. However, if technology doesn't succeed in predicting everything and fixing everything that we don't like, we may get bored with it, or at least put it into some sort of better-balanced perspective.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-76518616936961407052010-12-29T09:01:25.273-05:002010-12-29T09:01:25.273-05:00I think that deep thinking and the ability to filt...I think that deep thinking and the ability to filter information are endangered skills. It will be interesting (and scary) to watch as the public begins to realize each individual has many genomes not just one... I am hopeful there is a strong minority resisting technology's silent [hostile] takeover of our brains and see technology as a supplementary tool not a substitute for critical thinking. <br /><br />This post made me think about a book that's been on my list but one which I haven't read yet: Nicholas Carr's "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains"JKWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292737413026824514noreply@blogger.com