To be more specific I'm thinking of considering "knowing something" to mean "can be looked up easily" instead of the traditional meaning of "off the top of your head". These days that there is so much to know that I think it may be wiser to concentrate on knowing what you don't know in many areas then knowing fully in narrow contexts only.
I go with the philosophy of "let computers do what computers are good at" so you can free up those neurons from (route) math and memory for other tasks (like, say, being able to research and analyze scientific papers in 4 different disciplines well).
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To be more specific I'm thinking of considering "knowing something" to mean "can be looked up easily" instead of the traditional meaning of "off the top of your head". These days that there is so much to know that I think it may be wiser to concentrate on knowing what you don't know in many areas then knowing fully in narrow contexts only.
I go with the philosophy of "let computers do what computers are good at" so you can free up those neurons from (route) math and memory for other tasks (like, say, being able to research and analyze scientific papers in 4 different disciplines well).