>> Another case is in social interaction. It gives a poor impression if you
>> can't remember who the current prime minister or president is but say
>> just a minute while I Google that.
>
> Sure, amongst our age classes.  Amongst younger age groups, though, value
> knowing how to find out stuff rather than having to remember it all.
> Good or bad, it is what it is.
>

Not sure it was here, or somewhere else, but I seem to remember a 
comment on one of the problems in a class a person was attending, where 
the prof thought it was *way* more important to remember the equation, 
than how to bloody use it for something. Information is so massive at 
this point that its pretty hard to "know" everything, and also have a 
damn clue how to do anything with it. So, knowing where to find it is a 
key skill. Sadly, the problem is not just knowing where to look, but how 
to tell that the source you have found isn't complete garbage, and 
sadly, Google ain't going to do that, if there is a sudden run of pure 
idiocy about the subject under examination that week. :p

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