> One of the good things about phones is that almost any information can be found almost instantly almost anywhere.
If you need to constantly look up informations, it means you have no long term knowledge of anything.
Hence you can't verify that piece of information.
> Also learning to remember to complete a closed book exam is not a useful skill anymore
The long term knowledge, AKA "your expertise" kindly disagree.
You can't look up informations when you are at a meeting with the client. You should already know what you're talking about and know the answer to the most probable questions.
Prior knowledge gives you confidence, without building a "memory only" information storage you can't be sure of anything.
What do you do if you disagree? Engage in a google battle? Or, even worse, use Wikipedia as a baseline for the truth?
If you need to constantly look up informations, it means you have no long term knowledge of anything.
Hence you can't verify that piece of information.
> Also learning to remember to complete a closed book exam is not a useful skill anymore
The long term knowledge, AKA "your expertise" kindly disagree.
You can't look up informations when you are at a meeting with the client. You should already know what you're talking about and know the answer to the most probable questions.
Prior knowledge gives you confidence, without building a "memory only" information storage you can't be sure of anything.
What do you do if you disagree? Engage in a google battle? Or, even worse, use Wikipedia as a baseline for the truth?