As people rely more and more on technology to solve problems, the ability of humans to think for themselves will surely deteriorate.

The implementation and the wide use of technologies in the twentieth century is splendid. The way technology rules our lives is a fascination by itself. The progress of technology signifies a very crucial fact, the fact that it was the progress of human thinking that led to such spectacular developments. For these developments to prevail it was necessary to implement better and better problem solving facilities at every stage of development. The premise mentioned in the issue that the ability of humans to think is hindered by relying more on technology would not serve in this context.

A simple calculator is a very powerful problem solving device. While a resonable person would definitely state that increasing use of a calculator will make humans more dependent to even calculate simple computations on their own. There is always an option where one can always refrain from using a calculator and test logical abilities. There are instances where solving problems would be difficult without the use of calculators. For example the trigonometric cosine of a thirty degree angle can be easy to calculate by ourselves but that of a random 147 degree can take enough time and energy to compute without a calculator.

There are many other problem solving facilities which have been a direct result of technology. One such example are the simulators that are used to simulate the behaviour of medicines or designs before its actual implementations. A wide acceptance of which is in the medical field. A medicine is thoroughly tested on the computer application for its effects on humans before it is actually tested on humans or animals. This can help to rectify and solve problems even before its implementation. Though this application is a human invent an individual will be unable to point out the flaws. The same kind of simulation happens where we can simulate an electrical design on the computer software before its implementation as a hardware.

The most widely spreading mean to compute problems today is through the internet. The internet though has multiple its particular use for problem solving is very vital. A newly proposed idea which would have had its short comings can be communicated over the technical forums to expect a solution from another corner of the world. In this way economists, scientists and other professionals from various geographical parts can reach to a soution with the help of the internet.

The premise that relying on technology will affect humans to think for themselves in context to above examples fall short of being completely true. The fact is evident that every technology leap is a result of efficient problem solving abilities of engineers or scientists. And as most of the technology developments are in the positive upward direction it simply asserts that the human thinking has also improved and progressed significantly from calculating on the abacus to using the calculators.