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by _m8fo 3078 days ago
Do you think kids should have access to anything they desire while in school if they're capable of bringing it into the school?
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Do you think instead of teaching English we should be banning books, because some students read trashy novellas in class and distract themselves?
Irrational analogy.

The problem is not the answers but the having of thema t fingertips. There is value in the slow process of looking things up in dictionaries or stepping through exercises. The downside of instant fulfillment of curiosity is arguably a shallow approach to knowledge; as soon as something become difficult or obscure, there's the urge to summon the answer from the internet, and if it's not immediately forthcoming either lose interest or expend energy rationalizing the default answer.

Straw-man.