It is true that when most knowledge was passed down orally, human memories were much better. From this, however, it does not follow that writing stunted our abi

It is true that when most knowledge was passed down orally, human memories were much better. From this, however, it does not follow that writing stunted our ability to learn. Quite the opposite. Writing allowed us access to vastly more knowledge than we could ever memorize, and each successive advance in the recording and propagation of knowledge led to greater and more widely accessible achievements for all of society. From the scribes to the printing press, and on into the digital age, the advancement of the human race has been directly tied to humankind's ability to store, copy, and recall ever greater amounts of information. So I call hogwash.