What Was I Talking About?

[Sukerkin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14145045

A most interesting study into the effect that readily available 'data' storage is having on human memory.

 

[MaxiMe]

"I don't think Google is making us stupid - we're just changing the way that we're remembering things... If you can find stuff online even while you're walking down the street these days, then the skill to have, the thing to remember, is where to go to find the information. It's just like it would be with people - the skill to have is to remember who to go see about [particular topics]."

Interesting. It kind of dovetails in with what I've been telling the teir 1 and 2 techs I work with. "Look you don't have to know all the answers off the top. You just need to know where to go look for them or who to ask."
"Google is your friend".