[owisd]

Feels like one of these things that's been known for decades in the general form: tools that take cognitive load off your working memory (a calculator, writing) free your brain up for higher level thinking make you "smarter", whereas tools that take the higher level tasks off you and load up your working memory (hypertext, AI) make you "stupider".

[pasquinelli]

i don't understand what you're saying about hypertext.

[nekooooo]

i think they're saying you don't form semantic links in your own mind bc you're mindlessly clicking around

[pasquinelli]

tracking down the relevant text from a reference is loading your working memory and, i would argue, inhibiting your ability to form semantic links as a consequence.