For quite some time now, some scientists have told us that the human brain has been shrinking.

This corner tends to readily agree with this theory. After all, a brief look at readers' comments posted on some popular Web sites' forums would reveal ever expanding collections of increasingly inane opinions and a fast creeping lack of common sense. And these people have access to the Internet, and are hence supposedly cleverer than their non-Web-enabled counterparts. (But that would be a topic quite deserving of another column.)

Meanwhile, a team of scientists discovered that the brain of the present human is some 20% smaller than those of his Cro Magnon ancestors. The scientists produced a replica of the Cro Magnon brain, and then compared it with the brain of the modern man.

The scientists were quick to add, however, that their finding does not mean that today's humans are less intelligent than the earlier and supposedly primitive humans.

I tend to disagree with their assertion. For if indeed modern humans' brains are smaller than those of their ancient ancestors, how would they know that they (today's humans) are less intelligent?

Doesn't being less intelligent (or its corollary, "more stupid") imply that the intellectually disadvantaged would not know, or realize that they are less smart than the other party?

Golf in 3D

Seems that Tiger Woods' comeback is not the only thing that would make the 2010 Masters a quite interesting golfing event. Certainly, the first holes to be hit by Tiger after crashing an SUV late last year would be exciting to watch. The plan of the Augusta National Golf Club and television producers to broadcast the sporting event live in 3D adds tons of buzz for the already much-hyped event.

Sony Electronics will sponsor the 3D broadcast and will supply the necessary cameras and other equipment.

PS3 Shortage

There have been media reports of Sony Corp.'s efforts to come up with electronic toys and devices that would help it in its fight to recover the consumer electronics crown from Apple, the ubercool vendor of the superselling iPhone and iPod. It now seems, however, that the Japanese electronics giant has also learned some marketing ideas from the Cupertino giant.

There are reports of an alleged shortage of PlayStation 3, Sony's gaming console that so far has lagged behind Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox gaming platforms in terms of sales. While this purported scarcity is likely to generate consumer interest and boost sales of the game console, it does not make much sense for the company.

Sony is releasing its “Gods of War III” video game, a title developed exclusively for the PS3 platform. In fact, the company is hoping that the game’s release would encourage consumers to purchase units of the latest PlayStation. But how would consumers buy something that is not available?

That’s all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.