Comments on: I, Robot http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/06/01/i-robot/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:03:38 -0500 hourly 1 By: MS http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/06/01/i-robot/comment-page-1/#comment-4091 MS Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:59:03 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=459#comment-4091 How much would he be willing to bet on that? Many schools in this country don't have reliable internet yet. Also going to go out on a limb and say this guy isn't a biologist or neurologist, or any kind of -ologist. Thanks for this bit of Monday morning comedy. How much would he be willing to bet on that? Many schools in this country don’t have reliable internet yet. Also going to go out on a limb and say this guy isn’t a biologist or neurologist, or any kind of -ologist. Thanks for this bit of Monday morning comedy.

]]> By: Carol http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/06/01/i-robot/comment-page-1/#comment-4090 Carol Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:12:41 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=459#comment-4090 There was an episode of The Outer Limits about this topic... "Stream of Consciousness." The synopsis: ***** Due to a brain injury, Ryan Unger cannot enjoy the benefits of a neural implant that allows other people to tap into The Stream -- a direct connection into all human knowledge. He tries, unsuccessfully, to keep up with everyone else by using a long-forgotten skill: reading books. Unfortunately for the human race, the Stream has been erroneously programmed to crave information instead of knowledge. Soon, it begins to turn the human race into its slaves to attempt to locate and process every single bit of information, a process that will lead to the human race's extinction as people stop doing everything to obtain the desired information. Ryan's injury keeps him from falling under the sway of the Stream, leaving him the only person who can stop it. The Stream will not allow itself to be shut down, however, and it commands the humans under its contol to defend itself from Ryan. In the end, Ryan succeeds in shutting down the Stream and saving mankind. Cut off from the mental crutch humanity has used for so long, Ryan finds himself needing to teach mankind the old ways of acquiring information again -- from books. ***** You first indeed... There was an episode of The Outer Limits about this topic… “Stream of Consciousness.” The synopsis:

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Due to a brain injury, Ryan Unger cannot enjoy the benefits of a neural implant that allows other people to tap into The Stream — a direct connection into all human knowledge. He tries, unsuccessfully, to keep up with everyone else by using a long-forgotten skill: reading books.

Unfortunately for the human race, the Stream has been erroneously programmed to crave information instead of knowledge. Soon, it begins to turn the human race into its slaves to attempt to locate and process every single bit of information, a process that will lead to the human race’s extinction as people stop doing everything to obtain the desired information. Ryan’s injury keeps him from falling under the sway of the Stream, leaving him the only person who can stop it. The Stream will not allow itself to be shut down, however, and it commands the humans under its contol to defend itself from Ryan. In the end, Ryan succeeds in shutting down the Stream and saving mankind. Cut off from the mental crutch humanity has used for so long, Ryan finds himself needing to teach mankind the old ways of acquiring information again — from books.
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You first indeed…

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