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		sverige on May 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IQ rates are dropping in many developed countries The statement that "We have access to all human knowledge at the palm of our hand" is a profound error that I'm seeing repeated more frequently of late. Getting a search result with the text of some learned document is not equivalent to actually reading the document and digesting it mentally and emotionally so that you have some understanding of it. This illusion of having all human knowledge at hand is one of the reasons people are becoming dumber, not smarter.

sergiomattei on May 23, 2019 [–]

Note the phrasing - we have access. It doesn't imply we use it effectively. In fact, I say we do the complete opposite.

But yes, there's access to an immense amount of books and resources.

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