Do Search Engines Make People Smarter?
An online survey of 371 experts and 524 Internet users reveal more than three-quarters believe the Web will make people smarter by 2020 — while21% think the Internet would have the opposite effect and could even lower the IQs of some who use it all the time. The study, released from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Internet Center at Elon University looked at the Internet and its effect on human intelligence. Most respondents also said they believe the Internet will improve reading and writing by 2020.
Many of those considered experts are scientists, business leaders, consultants, writers … Continue Reading


