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\u201cI don\u2019t write down notes on the paper, I don\u2019t have a paper calendar, I don\u2019t even have a grocery list on paper.  Everything is in my phone.\u201d  \u2013 Slovakia<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so obsessed with checking my cell phone and my Facebook and the New York Times Web site, that I lose track of the people who are physically with me.\u201d \u2013 USA<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the feeling that something was vibrating and I thought it was my cell and I began to search for it, and found nothing.\u201d  \u2013 Mexico<\/p>\n

That last one feels rather chilling: like phantom limb syndrome, even without the cell phone, the sensation was still there.  But should we be concerned?<\/p>\n

According to Extended Mind thesis authors Andy Clark and David Chalmers, professors at Edinburgh and Australian National University, concern is not warranted.  As with the lament Plato once issued over the ability to write, \u201c[writing] will produce forgetfulness in the souls of those who will have learned it\u2026\u201d cell phones should be viewed as an extension of our capabilities, not a hindrance to them.  Besides, as pointed out by the Telegraph.co.uk (from where I gathered this information), we are also highly dependent upon electricity and no one is talking about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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