The topic has come up here before, but I don't recall seeing this article linked. It has some horrible examples and discusses what is happening to people's brains.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/25/gps-horror-stories-driving-satnav-greg-milner
Been a few instances here (Australia)
Once a BMW drove off end of a then closed road and into a river, unaware of the new bridge nearby and the removal of old bridge.
More recently a group of foreign tourists had blindly followed their GPS navigation out onto a beach continuing until it became utterly bogged and the tide took over.
I wonder if the same reduction in gray matter is occurring form other conveniences of the modern world.
Some modern vehicles come with reminders from the manufacturers that they are monitoring your vehicle's performance at all times. You need to add 1.5 psi of air to the driver's front tire immediately and you need to schedule an oil change for next Tuesday. How long will it take for the casual operator to forget about checking on basic things and expect "big auto maker" to remind them?
Stupid is, as stupid does.
EVERY "modern convenience" has the potential for the continued dumbing down (or increased laziness) of us all.
2 bits.
Loyal
How many people still use sine-tables and multiply out their numbers longhand?
We've been seeing "dumbing down" of surveyors as well. When I was young, the calculator and, later, the edm were the great technology, and I'm sure the older generation of surveyors were complaining about how the modern surveyor couldn't do things the old-fashioned way. How many of us have calculated a solar observation without even a calculator. And how many people today blindly follow their rtk or their static software without even knowing if it looks right?
Tom Adams, post: 380638, member: 7285 wrote: How many people still use sine-tables and multiply out their numbers longhand?
We've been seeing "dumbing down" of surveyors as well. When I was young, the calculator and, later, the edm were the great technology, and I'm sure the older generation of surveyors were complaining about how the modern surveyor couldn't do things the old-fashioned way. How many of us have calculated a solar observation without even a calculator. And how many people today blindly follow their rtk or their static software without even knowing if it looks right?
Right on Tom!
I'm old enough to remember sine/cosine tables, traverse tables, and computing Solars with a pencil in a field book.
Nowadays I need my HP-41 to balance my checkbook!
Loyal
OH MY GAWD! Did your pet dinosaur hold the book of tables for you?
LOL
Wow. Here are two MapQuest routes from Penticton, BC to Las Vegas. The first is the MapQuest choice and the second is an attempt to duplicate the Chretien's choice. Huge difference in time and distance even if their choice had been successful. Hindsight is 20/20, though.
