Am I understanding this correctly, you think that
(a) the offloading does not happen "frequently", that is, you believe in the Google effect but not in the magnitude of the Google effect and
(b) you believe that Google effect needs to be special, like, a memory offloaded onto Google must be 10 times "more offloaded" than the same thing offloaded to a cookbook, and you don't believe in the "specialness" of the Google effect
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You're hard of understanding, while not answering my questions, while asking me questions about what I've repeated multiple times.
I'll have to settle for your inabilities.
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I said the Google Effect isn't special. What would make the Google effect special is if we did NOT, offload memory into digital devices. That would be a phenomenon and different.
Again. If we DID NOT, offload to digital devices..... That would be something new and interesting. Broken as fuck, but then there's something different than the usual offload.
Offloading memory is nothing new, and offloading to a digital display of information is no different than when we do it with everything else.
Yes I think the Google effect is horseshit. The name and concept is a hijacking of how the brain does things in general.
It's NOT happening because it's a digital device, or it's Google. It's happening yet again as the brain does with many other things. The so called Google Effect happens without Google or an electronic display. This is a fact.
These are the two major "specific" issues you have?
Just to make sure I have it right and I can address your concern.
I have no issue or concerns on this subject.
As for this discussion, it's about me not recognizing Google effect as something new, or some great discovery or deserving of its own title.
> 3. You believe it happens frequently
No I don't, and I have no reason to believe this happens frequently while the other "scientists" fail to replicate the outcome for the Google effect experiment.
True. Nothing changes when we offload to others or things. But all of a sudden we're supposed to believe if it's digital, it deserves it's own category as if it's a separate effect from offloading elsewhere.
In 2026 I don't bother remembering phone numbers. Even if my home blew up and I lost everything including my mobile devices, I'd still be able to get all that information back as soon as I get my hands on a device. It's really not important to remember every number so yes I we'll offload it.
I'd ask why are you unable to accept that. It would only be for you to expose you though, I know the answer already.
For you to acknowledge anything I've said, would discredit you. Instead you're all "You believe in the Google effect. You believe you offload frequently".
That last paragraph of mine you posted seems to baffle you. Something so simple would give you a meltdown and you have to repost it with no comment on the material.
The "so called" Google Effect isn't exclusive to digital devices. Never was and never will be.
It is nothing new, and it's how the brain works. The so called Google Effect is an invented concept with a stolen function. It misleads people into thinking the digital device is a cause for amnesia. But not just amnesia, but digital amnesia. ( Pretentious term )
If I use the cookbook to remember a recipe.... Oh thats fine.
If I use Google to remember a recipe.....It's all of a sudden the Google effect.
I do not believe in digital amnesia. Just amnesia.
Amnesia is not bound to digital devices. It is not exclusive to them, nor do digital devices induce amnesia anymore than anything else.