INFORMATION and KNOWLEDGE
I) Mario Vargas Llosa (MVLL) has published a controversial article (More information, less knowledge), related to ways of acquiring knowledge, criticizing the widespread, easy and disproportionate use of Internet by students and public in general. II) According to MVLL, many students (before, voracious book readers), today prefer to read literary summaries gotten on the Internet, losing concentration after reading 1 or 2 pages, especially if the subject is complex and demands attention and reflection. MVLL mentioned a student that lived in a Colorado mountain without mobile and TV, typing after : The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains?. III-IV) Although students recognize the contributions of Google, Twitter, etc, to information and communication, time savings, ease of sharing experiences with everyone, benefits to companies, scientific research, economic development, cultural transformation of our life and modification of the mode of operation of our brain, like conditioned by the creation of Gutemberg print that permitted the widespread reading of books. V) According to MVLL, the web promotes the weakening and failure to exercise of our memory, because of endless files of the computer. Our brains adapt to learn and think of the new system, becoming dependent on this tool. VI) As the philosopher Joe O'Shea, says, "Sit down and read a book from beginning to end is a non sense". Dr. Katherine Hayles (Duke University), says: "I can not get my students to read long books" because Google books synthesis are simple, clear and pleasant. VII) On the other hand Van Nimwegen says : If computers are commited to solve our cognitive problems, it will lead to the automation of the humanity. Our replica:
1) While MVLL and students referred by him, rely on past books (good for its time), most modern students have shifted to modes of transmission of information and knowledge more pragmatic and futuristic, as in crescendo masses of information need increasing access speeds to the human brain, superfilters, accuracy and usefullness (multimedia formats). Good books alluded by MVLL are exhibited mostly in single format (in presentation and content) and have the knowledge in form of unique truths, while today it is usual to accept many interpretations of a single truth to be discovered. New ways of information acquisition mimic the brain : rather than storing the entire contents of a book of 3000 pages (quite silly), store only the important : perhaps 6 lines, the real heart of it. So much of value in an old book and internet are always short. What counts then is the persistent use of critical thinking, being also advisable to reinvent the software as much as possible. 2) Although some books will not disappear, most will be eliminated gradually. While a few will remain as museum pieces, others will remain by their intrinsic value. After all a past or future book is virtual like any stored in the web, as all enter by the eye and will be digested in the brain. 3) To think that spoken language (who speaks well, think well) is the best way to convey information, supports the dogma that only good books transmit good information. The multimedia :short, solid and accurate overwhelms old books. Internet does not eliminate the habit of reading. On the contrary permit analyze and thinking faster, thus contributing to a greater democratization of information and knowledge. 4) Internet is a wonderful library, in which the pragmatism will eliminate the superfluous. Better organization of data will give way to faster acquisition of knowledge. Group networks help to investigate in science, literature, spirituality, painting, history, etc. 5) The best of the internet is that information is no longer the privileged of a few people. A considerable number of readers read the article of MVLL via online and instantly responded, criticizing or approving him. This bidirectional Socratic method (face to face with the reader) is not one of the best to digest and gain knowledge?. 6) So true is that Internet allows government intrusion in the information as true that it enabled the success of a wimp Obama, recent revolutions in favor of democracy in Muslim countries and others in Spain. 7) That there are people whose minds will be shaped in part by information provided by the media, is not new. The stupidity is hold in some people and in some media. You can not become intelligent to all, it depends on each one. What is needed online is a more efficient organization of data to facilitate a concentrated reflection and digest only what makes sense. Pecking data should not be interpreted as harmful, but rather how to choose the most appropriate in our search. Harmful is pecking bad information, that as in different times is ubiquitous, intentionally or not.
INFORMACION y CONOCIMIENTO
1) While MVLL and students referred by him, rely on past books (good for its time), most modern students have shifted to modes of transmission of information and knowledge more pragmatic and futuristic, as in crescendo masses of information need increasing access speeds to the human brain, superfilters, accuracy and usefullness (multimedia formats). Good books alluded by MVLL are exhibited mostly in single format (in presentation and content) and have the knowledge in form of unique truths, while today it is usual to accept many interpretations of a single truth to be discovered. New ways of information acquisition mimic the brain : rather than storing the entire contents of a book of 3000 pages (quite silly), store only the important : perhaps 6 lines, the real heart of it. So much of value in an old book and internet are always short. What counts then is the persistent use of critical thinking, being also advisable to reinvent the software as much as possible. 2) Although some books will not disappear, most will be eliminated gradually. While a few will remain as museum pieces, others will remain by their intrinsic value. After all a past or future book is virtual like any stored in the web, as all enter by the eye and will be digested in the brain. 3) To think that spoken language (who speaks well, think well) is the best way to convey information, supports the dogma that only good books transmit good information. The multimedia :short, solid and accurate overwhelms old books. Internet does not eliminate the habit of reading. On the contrary permit analyze and thinking faster, thus contributing to a greater democratization of information and knowledge. 4) Internet is a wonderful library, in which the pragmatism will eliminate the superfluous. Better organization of data will give way to faster acquisition of knowledge. Group networks help to investigate in science, literature, spirituality, painting, history, etc. 5) The best of the internet is that information is no longer the privileged of a few people. A considerable number of readers read the article of MVLL via online and instantly responded, criticizing or approving him. This bidirectional Socratic method (face to face with the reader) is not one of the best to digest and gain knowledge?. 6) So true is that Internet allows government intrusion in the information as true that it enabled the success of a wimp Obama, recent revolutions in favor of democracy in Muslim countries and others in Spain. 7) That there are people whose minds will be shaped in part by information provided by the media, is not new. The stupidity is hold in some people and in some media. You can not become intelligent to all, it depends on each one. What is needed online is a more efficient organization of data to facilitate a concentrated reflection and digest only what makes sense. Pecking data should not be interpreted as harmful, but rather how to choose the most appropriate in our search. Harmful is pecking bad information, that as in different times is ubiquitous, intentionally or not.
INFORMACION y CONOCIMIENTO
I)Mario Vargas Llosa (MVLL), ha publicado un polémico artículo (Más información, menos conocimiento), relacionado con los modos de adquisición de conocimiento, en el que critica el extenso, facilista y desproporcionado uso del internet por parte de estudiantes y público en general. II) Según MVLL, muchos estudiantes -previos voraces leedores de libros- prefieren leer hoy resúmenes literarios habidos en el Internet, perdiendo la concentración tras leer 1 o 2 paginas, especialmente si el tema es complejo y demanda atención y reflexión. Un estudiante aludido por MVLL, se fué a vivir a una montaña de Colorado, sin telefonía móvil ni TV, escribiendo luego: ¿Qué está haciendo Internet con nuestras mentes? (Taurus, 2011). III-IV) Aunque los estudiantes reconocen los aportes de Google, Twitter, etc a la información y comunicación, el ahorro de tiempo, la facilidad para compartir experiencias con todo el mundo, beneficios a empresas, investigación científica, desarrollo económico, transformación de nuestra vida cultural y modificación del modo de operar de nuestro cerebro, semejante al condicionado por la creación de la imprenta que generalizó la elitizada lectura de libros de entonces. V) Según MVLL, la web promueve el debilitamiento y no ejercicio de nuestra memoria, a causa de los archivos infinitos del ordenador, adaptándose nuestro cerebro al nuevo sistema de informarse y pensar, tornándose dependiente de esta herramienta. VI) Mientras el filósofo Joe O’Shea, sostiene que “Sentarse y leer un libro de cabo a rabo ya no tiene sentido”, la doctora Katherine Hayles (Universidad de Duke),dice: “No puedo conseguir que mis alumnos lean libros extensos”, porque en Google existen síntesis sencillas, claras y amenas. VII) Por su lado Van Nimwegen dice que confiar a ordenadores la solución de nuestros problemas cognitivos reduce “la capacidad de nuestros cerebros para conocer”, conduciendo a la robotización de la humanidad. Réplica nuestra:
1)Mientras MVLL y estudiantes mencionados por el, se apoyan en el pasado (bueno para su época), la mayoría de estudiantes modernos han virado a modos de trasmisión de información y conocimientos mas pragmáticos y futuristas, porque las in crescendo masas de información necesitan crecientes velocidades de acceso al cerebro humano, superfiltros, precisión y explicitéz (formatos multimedia). Los buenos libros a los que alude MVLL, exhiben mayormente en formato único tanto en la presentación como en el contenido, presentan al conocimiento en forma de verdades únicas, mientras en la actualidad lo usual es aceptar muchas interpretaciones de una verdad única por descubrir. Los nuevos modos de adquisición de la información imitan al cerebro :mas que almacenar el contenido total de un libro de 3000 paginas (algo bastante tonto), adoptan lo ultradigerido: 6 líneas, el verdadero cogollo del mismo. Por tanto lo de valor tanto en un libro antiguo como en internet es siempre poco. Lo que vale entonces es el persistente empleo del pensamiento critico, siendo recomendable además reinventar el software tanto como sea posible. 2) Aunque algunos libros no desaparecerán, la mayoría serán eliminados poco a poco. Mientras unos cuantos permanecerán como piezas de museo otros lo serán por su valor intrínseco. Después de todo un libro del pasado o del futuro, es tan virtual como otro gestado en la web: entra por los ojos y se digiere en el cerebro. 3) Pensar que el lenguaje hablado (el que habla bien, piensa bien), es el mejor medio de trasmitir información apoya el dogma de que solo los buenos libros trasmitirán buena información. La multimedia breve, solida y precisa apabulla libros antiguos. Internet no elimina el hábito de la lectura, la agiliza, analizando y pensando más rápido, contribuyendo así a una mayor democratización de la información y del conocimiento. 4) Internet es una maravillosa biblioteca, en la que la rueda del pragmatismo eliminará lo superfluo. La mejor organización de los datos dará paso a veloces adquisiciones de conocimiento. Las redes grupales ayudan a investigar y profundizar, en ciencia, literatura, espiritualidad, pintura, historia, etc. 5) Lo mejor del internet es que la información dejó de ser el privilegio de unos pocos. Curiosamente, un número no despreciable de lectores ha leído el articulo de MVLL via online y le han respondido instantáneamente, criticándolo o aprobándolo. Este método socrático bidireccional (tu a tu con el lector) ¿no es acaso uno de los mejores para digerir y adquirir conocimientos?. 6) Tan cierto es que internet permite la intrusión de los gobiernos en la información, como que permitió el triunfo de un debilucho Obama, las recientes revoluciones en pro de la democracia en países musulmanes y otras en España. 7) Que exista gente cuya mente será moldeada en parte por información proporcionada por los medios, no es novedad. La estupidéz afinca en ciertas personas y en algunos medios. No se puede volver inteligentes a todos, eso depende de cada uno. Lo que se necesita en internet es una mas eficiente organización de los datos, para facilitar una reflexión concentrada y digerir solo lo que tiene sentido. Picotear datos no debe ser interpretada como dañina, sino mas bien como escoger lo mas apropiado a nuestra búsqueda. Dañino es picotear y entronizar mala información, que al igual que en distintas épocas, es ubicua, intencionadamente o no.
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