Well he wasn't wrong, in a sense. If I know I can check something somewhere at any time I'll never really remember it, just the vague notion of it and the proce

Well he wasn't wrong, in a sense. If I know I can check something somewhere at any time I'll never really remember it, just the vague notion of it and the process for looking it up. It has to be some sort of mental optimization that offloads what isn't critical to remember. It still amazes me how in the ancient world they were capable of successfully transferring information from generation to generation through pure word of mouth, accurately remembering all aspects to a T. It just seems impossible now.