Do you use Google when you can't remember things?

[Cyclone]

"Google It" is a phrase I use a lot

 

[Pighardia]

Weird, I was discussing this the other day.

We we're talking about the issues this may throw up for future generations. If you don't "have" to pull up information then will it affect the minds ability to do so further down the line. The mind, after all, is very much like the other organs in your body, it can be strengthened, it degrades, it can be exercised to maintain it.

Will Google damage the human race's long term memory capability?

That is kind of what i was getting at. Surely it isn't good for you to rely too much on these services?

It can make some conversations a bit boring as well. Talking with mates down the pub you will get much more interesting conversations if you are just talking from the top of your head and trusting your memory rather than "Do you remember who this is?". "hold on i'll google it"/conversation.

 

[antijoke]

All the time. And for everything and anything to absorb as much knowledge as possible.

 

[R.C.Anderson]

It always annoys me too much knowing that I know it, but not being able to remember it. Google sorts that

 

[gord]

All the time. And for everything and anything to absorb as much knowledge as possible.

This is where the debate lies though. By doing so are you actually absorbing the information. I believe most people when they Google for something do not make a concerted effort to remember that information.

The fact it is just off their phone/computer means they don't assign it a hook or use any other long term memory technique, it's a quick satiation.

 

[Django x2]

Google is like a library, only better. No shame in gooling, 12+ years ago if you didn't know an answer or couldn't remember you either never found out or had to trek to a local uni reference library or worse wait a week for an inter library loan.

I use Google daily

Really? I was using Google 12 years ago, in fact, even 13 years ago, when it was released, in 1998.

 

[Redman]

Really? I was using Google 12 years ago, in fact, even 13 years ago, when it was released, in 1998.

Wow, I bet you were the only one too, so thanks for sharing

 

[dowie]

yes

I also occasionally use it as a spell checker - especially for words that aren't usually in spell checkers.

 

[_lecro_]

google 4tw

 

[topdog@OC]

<3 google, but for actors/actresses/films, I prefer to figure it out myself - just part of the fun.

 

[Reaper 392]

good question. i cant remember if i do or not (clicky)

 

[Van Hellseek]

I go straight to google even when I'm too lazy to spell a word.

I mean like when I know how to spell somethng but just can't be arsed to type it out properly. So I just bash the keyboard a bit, with the letters vaguely in the right order, then just let google do the rest. Then copy/pasta.

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

I go straight to google even when I'm too lazy to spell a word.

I mean like when I know how to spell somethng but just can't be arsed to type it out properly. So I just bash the keyboard a bit, with the letters vaguely in the right order, then just let google do the rest. Then copy/pasta.

 

[Cosimo]

I do if I can’t remember it.

 

[EniGmA1981]

good question. i cant remember if i do or not (clicky)

And this thread is the top result lol

 

[kaffe]

Yup, mostly to double check spelling

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I google everything I can't remember, doesn't help having the phone always connected either. Why try to remember when you can get the answer immediately?

 

[Glaucus]

Hell yes, I don't know why, but my head is shot. Can barely remember what I did yesterday, let alone obscure quotes.

 

[contracteur]

To be a successful IT contractor you need a decent level of Google-Fu, so yes.

 

[SCMRubix]

My girlfriend uses Wikipedia religiously. Can be interesting learning something new, but sometimes a bit of a conversation killer