Question

neil harbisson was born with achromatopsia, a form of color blindness that allows him to see only in black and white. in 2003, he developed the eyeborg, a cyborg antenna that converts color signals from a camera into sound signals transmitted directly into the skull. this enables him to perceive colors by hearing them. the eyeborg is surgically implanted into harbissons skull, a detail that some may find extreme. however, id argue that harbisson was merely the vanguard of a broader societal change: we are all cyborgs now.
or, at least, everyone with a smartphone is. quick: whats your best friends phone number? can you rattle it off, or did you need to look it up? we use our directory of contacts as an extension of our long - term memory, outsourcing the work of remembering. multiply this by a thousand operations a day and you have the smartphone, effectively an extension of the human mind. smartphones cameras and microphones can record events; their memory cards can store information; their data connections link us to the internets vast store of knowledge. in this way, the smartphone is an artificial component of the human body, a prosthetic mind.
how does the use of questions in paragraph 2 advance the authors point of view?
choose 1 answer:
a the questions highlight that most readers cannot remember phone numbers without their phones, implying that eyeborgs may be helpful for everyone.
b the questions help readers understand how much they already rely on smartphones to remember things, supporting the idea that we should all use smartphones less often.
c the questions encourage readers to feel a connection to neil harbisson, emphasizing that harbisson may regret implanting an eyeborg in his skull.
d the questions force readers to reflect on ways they use smartphones to outsource the work of memory, reinforcing the idea that all smartphone users are in some sense cyborgs.

Explanation:

El autor utiliza las preguntas para hacer reflexionar a los lectores sobre cómo dependen de los smartphones para recordar información, lo que refuerza la idea de que los usuarios de smartphones son, en cierto sentido, cyborgs. Esto se alinea con el argumento del autor de que todos somos cyborgs ahora, ya que nuestras tecnologías se han convertido en extensiones de nuestro cuerpo y mente.

Answer:

D. The questions force readers to reflect on ways they use smartphones to outsource the work of memory, reinforcing the idea that all smartphone users are in some sense cyborgs.