Re: [Texascavers] New Thread - Over reliance on GPS is causing our brains to shrink

[Rod Goke]

Isn't that why we have Google Maps, to exercise our hippocampusses? -----Original Message----- From: mark.al...@l-3com.com Sent: Dec 16, 2009 3:05 PM To: Gill Edigar , Stefan Creaser Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: [Texascavers] New Thread - Over reliance on GPS is causing our brains to shrink Interesting article that was in the hard copy of the Dallas Morning News this past Sunday.   Explains in great detail as to how over-reliance on GPS devices can/will cause of the loss of spatial thought, which is controlled by the hippocampus in our brains.       http://www.allbusiness.com/science-technology/behavior-cognition-psychology/13544176-1.html     Mark (still gets lost the old fashioned way)       From: bgillegi...@gmail.com [mailto:bgillegi...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Gill Edigar Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:58 PM To: Stefan Creaser Cc: texascavers@texascavers.com Subject: Re: [Texascavers] RE: Can TSA be trusted with email addresses?   GPS is OK if you have coordinates, etc handy. But still not nearly as handy, while talking on the phone, as a pencil and a note in the margin: SB 37, Smithson exit, 1.2 m, L Concho St, 3 blk, RT Gibson, 2 blk, 2608, bat stkr. No where near as handy. GPS is a good tool for serious work, a good toy for just messing around, but a lot of extra work for just getting to some simple place when basic directions will suffice--way overrated.  --Ediger  On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Stefan Creaser <stefan.crea...@arm.com> wrote: You need to write down directions?! That’s what a GPS is for…     --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com