From: wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com   
      
   On 18/11/2025 01:30, David LaRue wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Rote learning has always served  me well.   
   As did taking the chalks at darts before electronic scoreboards.   
      
      
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   wasbit   
      
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