More electronic gadgets = lower IQ?

Le mardi 21 octobre 2014 16:08:15 UTC-4, Craig R. a écrit*:
;-) Perhaps we can infer a correlation between the proliferation of electronic gadgets in our cockpits with the dumbing down of glider pilots? There are Standford University studies that indicate that multitasking can lower your IQ or that "people who are regularly bombarded with several streams of electronic information cannot pay attention, recall information, or switch from one job to another as well as those who complete one task at a time".

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbr...udies-suggest/

RAS posts seem to verify these studies!

So, the obvious solution is to dump all the spendy computers, fly with basic instruments, enjoy the scenery, and preserve the gray matter!

Fly safe and have fun.

Hi
My comment was about vario sophistication. My friend has a Nano and a Garmin
for navigation.
It was also a reflection on my obsessive quest for a better vario.
Gilles

On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 04:10:18 -0700, s6 wrote:

Le mardi 21 octobre 2014 16:08:15 UTC-4, Craig R. a écritÂ*:
;-) Perhaps we can infer a correlation between the proliferation of
electronic gadgets in our cockpits with the dumbing down of glider
pilots? There are Standford University studies that indicate that
multitasking can lower your IQ or that "people who are regularly
bombarded with several streams of electronic information cannot pay
attention, recall information, or switch from one job to another as
well as those who complete one task at a time".

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbr.../multitasking-
damages-your-brain-and-career-new-studies-suggest/

RAS posts seem to verify these studies!

So, the obvious solution is to dump all the spendy computers, fly with
basic instruments, enjoy the scenery, and preserve the gray matter!

Fly safe and have fun.

Hi My comment was about vario sophistication. My friend has a Nano and a
Garmin for navigation.
It was also a reflection on my obsessive quest for a better vario.
Gilles

I'm happy with my old SDI C4 an (I think) even older Borgelt B.40. Both
make nice noises of the appropriate type and the B.40 has a really fast
response.

Conversely, a friend recently installed an S.3 and is less than delighted
with its sounds and especially with its lack of a silent band between
zero and -1 kts.


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I'm happy with my old SDI C4 an (I think) even older Borgelt B.40. Both
make nice noises of the appropriate type and the B.40 has a really fast
response.

Conversely, a friend recently installed an S.3 and is less than delighted
with its sounds and especially with its lack of a silent band between
zero and -1 kts.

I was going to ask what on earth is a SDI C4 but then I thought that I really don't care. Fly with what works for you and floats your boat I say, expressing sympathy with the original posters point of view....