Think for yourself!

We live in a world permeated with computers that help us think, make decisions, and solve problems.  We can't always trust computers though.  For example, Terry Wells ran into a virus that could have cost her $200 if she had trusted what the computer was telling her.  Admittedly, blatant and obvious hacking schemes are easy to ward off but I fear that we are letting computers do too much of our thinking.  Are we taking everything we read as the truth or are we engaging it and thinking critically?  With so much information available it is easy to lose our critical thinking abilities.  If we allow information to come into our brain unchallenged we are opening ourselves up to misdirection and empty minds.  Sometimes we need to take a minute to process what we're consuming to see if it's worthwhile or even correct.  Step away from the computer every now and again and think for yourself.  Don't worry, your PC won't be offended.