From: huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com   
      
   kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote in news:10fg8bd$plk$1@panix2.panix.com:   
      
   >>> In the same way that pocket calculators killed mental arithmetic in the   
   >>> 70s, I would look at whether it's search engines, rather than social   
   >>> media which are/have killed memory ...   
   >   
   > Might be constant and incessant use of weed among a large fraction of the   
   > population.   
   > --scott   
      
   How about the modern concept of barely reading a text to get all the answers   
   for a test.  Very little brainwork needed there.  Rote learning seems to be   
   enmphasised over actually learning how to evaluate language and decide what a   
   reasonable answer is.   
      
   On the good side they are still trying to have at least minimal comprehension   
   in two languages in high school.   
      
   I've met far too many of the younger generations that have graduated with   
   little or no real skills or experiences.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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