No, but being able to just follow the little airplane symbol on the GPS to
your destination reduces the work load significantly. This lets you
concentrate more on the gauges and minimizes the head movement and
distraction that lead to spatial disorientation.

Think of flying rogue and NORDO before GPS (or Loran), even with the VOR's
you'd be juggling charts, plotters, looking up new frequencies, retuning the
VOR. One dropped pencil and you'd be dead.

I'm not saying it's safe, just that technology has made it significantly
easier and therefore enough safer to be more tempting.

--
Roger Long

I'm not so sure that the biggest problem is one's location. Take a look at
the numbers of accidents which involve pilots losing their orientation
references. GPS isn't fast enough to be a good substitute for the gauges.