I was just commenting to my wife about this issue about a week ago. I can barely remember phone numbers any more. I have near constant internet access and my entire address book has been moved online. One of my cell phones has voice command dialing and the other phone remembers up to 99 numbers. With all this technology, I have almost no need to remember phone numbers. If the Yahoo address book ever goes away, I'll be left with my rarely updated hard drive backup.
I find it interesting that these people are equating memorization with intelligence! The number of facts you can store in your head is meaningless without some grasp of what those facts mean. Your ability to memorize the yellow pages doesn't really help you solve logic puzzles.
"Yeah, definitely idiot-savant!"
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Wow! You went to college?! It amazes me that any admissions board would let a mind as soft as yours into their institution.
I was just commenting to my wife about this issue about a week ago. I can barely remember phone numbers any more. I have near constant internet access and my entire address book has been moved online. One of my cell phones has voice command dialing and the other phone remembers up to 99 numbers. With all this technology, I have almost no need to remember phone numbers. If the Yahoo address book ever goes away, I'll be left with my rarely updated hard drive backup. I find it interesting that these people are equating memorization with intelligence! The number of facts you can store in your head is meaningless without some grasp of what those facts mean. Your ability to memorize the yellow pages doesn't really help you solve logic puzzles. "Yeah, definitely idiot-savant!"