http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5854 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:20:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5854/comment-page-1#comment-12888 Bassman Sat, 19 May 2007 13:45:59 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5854#comment-12888 Yeah, I would assume that there would be some easy method of everride, or, more likey it'd be something you'd have to set as you now do with cruise control. I wonder how many of us would surrender that much control of our vehicles. We would also find other ways to occupy ourselves as we already do with cars which we must totally control. There would have to be some minimal threshold of attention the 'driver' would have to give to the vehicle and many of us would be inclined to push that. Yeah, I would assume that there would be some easy method of everride, or, more likey it’d be something you’d have to set as you now do with cruise control. I wonder how many of us would surrender that much control of our vehicles. We would also find other ways to occupy ourselves as we already do with cars which we must totally control. There would have to be some minimal threshold of attention the ‘driver’ would have to give to the vehicle and many of us would be inclined to push that.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5854/comment-page-1#comment-12835 Korin Fri, 18 May 2007 17:51:11 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5854#comment-12835 um... I read a book once where the roadways were controlled by a satellite computer. It was scary, the satellite got a glitch and hundreds of people died. um… I read a book once where the roadways were controlled by a satellite computer. It was scary, the satellite got a glitch and hundreds of people died.

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