Are we losing our ability to remember?

Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by drdeadringer on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @09:42AM (#24918622)

> I'd say we could be better at remembering that some piece of information exists and where to find it instead of having to memorize it. This seems more powerful.

[paraphrase] "I wrote it down so I don't HAVE to remember." --quote from Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade

Seems similar to Einstein's "Never memorize what you can look up.".

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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by EForEndeavour on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @10:30AM (#24919108)

> "Never memorize what you can look up."

I can look up all the definitions and grammar rules of English, but without memorizing them, I wouldn't be able to communicate with anyone around me.

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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by dunce2020 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @11:22AM (#24919782)

I don't know any of the definitions, grammar rules of English yet I'm still able to effectively communicate with and understand others.

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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by warkdarrior on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @12:56PM (#24921124)

If you are a native speaker of English, you learned those rules over your whole childhood, by example instead of being explicitly taught the rules.

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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by dunce2020 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:30PM (#24921629)

Agreed - I learned examples, not rules.

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