自动化让人类越来越笨（Automation has made human beings more and more stupid）.doc

自动化让人类越来越笨（Automation has made human beings more and more stupid） Automation has made people more and more stupid The cost of automation Autopilot allows pilots to lose skill is only the tip of the iceberg. In order to make work and life convenient, efficient and comfortable, people depend more on machinery and various digital technologies, but ignore the price that may be paid for it. Many doctors now use software to analyze mammography X rays, outlining the suspicious areas of a patients breasts. But if you rely too much on the software, the radiologist may skip the missing areas and miss an early tumor. Living in the north of Canada Igloolik Island Inuit Hunter born in the snow in the ability to track prey. The average temperature here is about 20 degrees below zero in winter. The sun is a rarity, and the surrounding sea is thick with ice. The Inuit lived here more than 4000 years, without a map and compass, with the wind, snow, animal behavior, and can identify the direction of tidal stars and so on, the explorers and scientists endless curiosity. Today, the new generation of Inuit still hunt for a living, but increasingly rely on GPS navigation tools to identify directions. As a result, serious accidents were increasing during hunting. Young hunters who do not have the skills of their ancestors find it easy to get lost, especially when the GPS is out of order. If only according to the navigation instructions before, also easy to overlook the surrounding environment to observe the risk hidden, such as ice layer. The Ottawa Carleton University anthropologist Claudio Apota of Inuit hunters for over 15 years, he noted that the ability to find satellite navigation road Inuit degradation, and weakened their environmental awareness. Thanks to the use of this navigation tool, Inuit talents may be worn away after a generation. Generation effect In early 1980s, the University College London psychologist Rizona Bainbridge pointed out that, due to a brain and a computer co