tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post2784444526999677382..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Do we no longer need to remember stuff?David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-6311746947361537712010-04-06T16:19:49.517+01:002010-04-06T16:19:49.517+01:00Claire, I'd take that Greenfield article with ...Claire, I'd take that Greenfield article with a healthy pinch of salt.<br /><br />Her argument, such as it is, is that meaning implies narrative, and that therefore an absence of narrative must be literally meaningless seems spurious in the extreme.<br /><br />She seems to have a garden variety animus against Facebook, computer games, Twitter etc.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794389045046110917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-44171245533228092422010-04-05T17:51:37.492+01:002010-04-05T17:51:37.492+01:00Soon we will know nothing, but have access to ever...Soon we will know nothing, but have access to everything....Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17672106716705743307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-8509468297455895742010-04-04T11:19:00.586+01:002010-04-04T11:19:00.586+01:00Phone numbers are a bit of a red herring. The num...Phone numbers are a bit of a red herring. The number of digits mean we have would have trouble remembering them even if we tried to keep them in our head.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058588727546065715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-53571344294672745822010-04-01T22:25:29.780+01:002010-04-01T22:25:29.780+01:00I'm sure you're right.I don't think it...I'm sure you're right.I don't think it's(all) age that has made my memory worse, but the fact that I use the internet a lot.I can't remember phone numbers, as they're all in my telephones' contact list, even though I used to be able to recite them. <br /><br />I'm also with Professor Susan Greenfield on this one:<br />http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/91882Clairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914896847679973163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-11908952672802865262010-04-01T17:17:57.276+01:002010-04-01T17:17:57.276+01:00Also this, from last summer's Intelligent Life...Also this, from last summer's Intelligent Life: <br /><br />http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/content/brian-cathcart/no-passesEd Cumminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004678369366977742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-25913195264219730132010-04-01T16:21:14.931+01:002010-04-01T16:21:14.931+01:00An outstanding article a couple of years ago in th...An outstanding article a couple of years ago in the Atlantic Monthly, "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" addresses your questions very nicely. <br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/6868/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139160762464995931noreply@blogger.com