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There’s a long tradition of speculating about this going back to Socrates, who famously never wrote because he considered it lazy when memory is the real streng
by drb91 8y ago
There’s a long tradition of speculating about this going back to Socrates, who famously never wrote because he considered it lazy when memory is the real strength of intellect.
I also don’t think that Socrates would have been any stupider had he learned to write, and it’s only through Plato we have a record of him at all.
- User23 8y agoHis argument is that a man who always walks with crutches will have his legs atrophy and that writing is a crutch for memory.
- sixstringtheory 8y agoHe was also worried because written words can’t challenge you. If you read something and _think_ you understand it but actually do not, the book can’t quiz you on it and tell you you’re wrong. He was worried about people gaining false senses of knowledge, and losing the ability to critically analyze and defend ideas.