An empirical test of ideas proposed by Martin Heidegger shows the great German philosopher to be CORRECT: Everyday tools really do become part of ourselves.

The findings come from a deceptively simple study of people using a computer mouse rigged to malfunction. The resulting disruption in attention wasn’t superficial. It seemingly extended to the very roots of cognition.

“The person and the various parts of their brain and the mouse and the monitor are so tightly intertwined that they’re just ONE thing,” said Anthony Chemero, a cognitive scientist at Franklin & Marshall College. “The TOOL isn’t separate from you. It’s part of you.”.

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And it took this long for scientists to figure that out?

Does that mean we can catch malware and my PC can get swine-flu? OH the humanity...Well...with me, FIRST thing I do when I get up is check my computer..I care more about my computer than myself!!I can beleive it. If you extend 'computer' to include game console... watched a friend who had to stand up to acheive the necessary contortions to get through a level of tomb raider. giggle!