I guess I disagree with Plato, unless he's talking about how I no longer know anyone's phone numbers off the top of my head. I think it's fairly well establish

I guess I disagree with Plato, unless he's talking about how I no longer know anyone's phone numbers off the top of my head. I think it's fairly well established that when you think about a topic well enough to generate ideas and put them on the page that you also cement those ideas in your mind. If you want to remember something you read (or see or do), write about it. In your own words.