From Phyllis Goldstein
Following on from your article “A brief history of the brain” (24 September, p 40), if technological societies endure then individual brain capacity beyond a certain level becomes unnecessary, because information can be retrieved through “an outside brain”, also known as a computer.
Now that we have access to all the knowledge in the world, and as long as we maintain enough intelligence to process it, there is no need to actually improve the physical brain.
This magazine proves my point. I no longer have to remember or memorise so many things. If I have a question, or wish to remember something, all I have to do is go back and read the relevant article.
Portsmouth, Virginia, US
