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[–] Owl@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And so it is that you by reason of your tender regard for the writing that is your offspring have declared the very opposite of its true effect. If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls. They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks.

Sorry, Plato is calling you out.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How do we know he said that, though? Checkmate, liberals!

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Rigorous oral tradition for thousands of years, the real way to retain knowledge

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

Famously the highest fidelity form of information transmission humankind has ever used

[–] Lamprey@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

He's right and it did lol, we removed ourselves even more now though with the Internet and now AI