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darkknight109 posted...

I mean, honestly, in most professions today how much you actually know from rote memory is probably a lot less valuable than how adept you are at finding the information/methodology you need from available sources (mostly online) and putting them into practice. Speaking from experience, even doctors and engineers frequently use Google (or technical equivalents) on a regular basis.

Precisely. Outside of emergency situations or other cases where there's significant time pressure, already having the necessary knowledge is only marginally more valuable than having the background and skills needed to procure and/or synthesize the necessary knowledge. People freak out when their doctor Googles their symptoms, but they miss the fact that that doctor is significantly better than they are at curating those results to determine which ones are worth considering and what the practical implications of those results are. Being a professional is more about knowing how to handle information than being able to recite it.

I don't remember if this one has shown up in these topics before, but it's a perennial favourite of mine:
https://imgur.com/133GwBu