[the-dude]

“Never memorize something that you can look up.” ― Albert Einstein

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/9810.Albert_Einstein

and there is :

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking"

https://www.quora.com/How-true-is-Einsteins-statement-that-R...

[amelius]

Does the second quote apply to "reading HN"?

[the-dude]

Let me take another look