In the age of LLMs, memorized facts are still your best bullshit filter
dioscuri · x · 2026-07-23
The author says students still ask why memorization matters in the age of Google and LLMs, and answers that internalized facts act as bullshit filters and raw material for creative association.
The key claim is simple: facts kept in your head are useful in a way that search results and model outputs are not. If the knowledge stays outside you, it is inert; if it is internalized, it can be combined, questioned, and used to generate new ideas.
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