Confirmed: Google destroying the memory of human beings

[JonIrenicus]

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/07/study-why-bother-to-remember-when-you-can-just-use-google.ars



we all expected it, now we have proof. I can barely spell anymore, and actively check in these very text response boxes to make sure spellcheck is running to determine whether I need to type certain words in google or not.

I'm devolving.

[sugarkang]

I'm devolving.

"Never memorize what you can easily look up on Google." -- Albert Einstein (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein)