Adaptive mind: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

Posted 584 days ago, but comments are closed there:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=213421

This would've been detected by the duplicate detector I suggested here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1012215

The question is whether that's a good idea? I'm reminded of the story "Melancholy Elephants" by Spider Robinson in which a good case is made for forgetting old stuff and allowing new stuff to reinvent, regenerate and possibly reinvigorate ancient ideas.

Link to the story: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1055430