As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate. [Specific Task Instruction: Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.]
翻译
人们越来越多的依赖于靠科技解决问题,人类自我思考的能力一定会衰退。[说明:写一篇文章,讨论你同意或反对这个说法达到什么程度,并解释你选择这个观点的理由。在展开和支持你的观点时,你需要考虑这个说法可能在哪些方面成立或者不成立,并解释你所考虑的这些东西如何体现你的观点]
指导
本题为老GRE的ISSUE66原题。题目讨论科技对人类影响的话题,题目分为两部分:第一部分陈述了一个大家都接受的事实——“人们越来越多的依赖于靠科技解决问题”;第二部分以这个事实为基础,给出了“依赖于科技必然会降低人类自我思考能力”的判断。题目不难理解,相关事例也有很多,分析时应当注意以下两点:
1、论述中始终要与“人们的自我思考能力”以及“解决问题”相关联,无论是讨论科技的正面作用还是负面作用,都应当以“有利于自我思考”或“有碍于自我思考”为方向。
2、可以静止独立的去对比分析,同时也可以采用动态发展的眼光去分析,影响程度的变化以及新情况的出现都可能会对判断产生影响。
1. 人们在平时的生活、工作、学习的过程中,都面对哪些问题?解决这些问题的方法都有什么?请结合具体事例简述。
回答:
计算的问题
买东西结账的时候我们会用到Pos机,更会快速准确;但是自身的口算能力会随之下降,这是一种不用就会失去的能力
工作中处理数据,使用word的字数统计,对过数学建模,对数据做出预测分析
学习中一些复杂的科学计算
减少了繁琐的工作,腾出时间去思考更profound的问题
2. 人们解决问题的方法在科技帮助下,在哪些方面得到了改进和突破?和原方法相比有了怎样的提高?效果如何?请结合具体事例简述。
回答:
太空领域 Astronautics
望远镜已经各种航空技术的发展,对地质灾害,天气灾害提前做出预测,之前就只能束手无策
help us to know more about ourselves,the nature of the world,bring about some new branch of science
diagnose :This is mainly a research tool now, but there's lots of reasons to believe that this is going to change the way that physicians practice medicine by allowing them to diagnose or predict what's going to happen to you in ways that they can't currently.
3. 人类的自我思考的能力在什么场合或者情况下会被用到?要思考哪些问题?请结合具体事例简述。
回答:
we need to make a lot of choices,we need to think about the earth,the future 环境保护
4. 科技能否代替思考能力?如果能,请举例;如果不能,为什么?
回答:
No
for some machines ,they are programmed,we tell them what to do,a program can't understand anything it says. eg: John Searle asserts that human brains can ascribe meaning to symbols,thus deriving understanding ,whereas metal and silicon can't.
AI:the study and engineering of intelligent machines capable of performing the same kinds of the function that characterize human thought,but they still can't replace the human thought
computer programs can stimulate the complex of human thought and cognition only to a limited extent.
5. 有哪些原因会导致人类自我思考能力衰退?这些原因有哪些是科技造成的?思考能力的衰退与科技之间存在必然联系么?
回答:
Blogs,twitters,the web all about the pieces of information,we lived in an era of information overload.we don't have time to think.