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Correct. If I'm understanding you, I'd summarize the distinction as follows: Google should be used as a reference. It should not be used in place of educated j
by prawks 14y ago
Correct. If I'm understanding you, I'd summarize the distinction as follows:
Google should be used as a reference. It should not be used in place of educated judgement.
This goes along with the ideology that you should not trouble yourself with monkey-memorization. When learning to program (for instance), concepts are far more important and useful, as you are constantly faced with making educated decisions. Decisions should not be made based on reference material alone.
- jfarmer 14y agoYes! It's developing the judgement that separates an expert from a non-expert. Effective use of Google is a consequence of that judgement, not a cause. More formally, it's nothing more complicated than a standard fallacy of the converse. We have "being an expert implies being the quickest to use Google." This does not imply the converse: "being the quickest to use Google implies being an expert."