Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-07-18]: According to research, people become more prone to forgetting things when they know that the information they want is available on their computer or on the Internet. In this case the brain makes them less effort to keep in its memory the information [source: BBC News]. The existence of so much knowledge readily accessible makes us more… dumb? Probably yes. How many of you remember the birthdays of your favorite ones? Without looking at Facebook…
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