This is true of all memorized facts. It enables thinking at a higher level. “Why should I learn multiplication when I have a calculator on my phone” ignores this.
The more you have memorized the more nimble your thinking is. If you have a large vocabulary you can effortlessly express yourself with precision while others are thumbing through a thesaurus (or these days asking an AI to “rewrite”).
If you know the history of something you can have more interesting perspective and conversations about it.
There is almost no situation where the person with a lot of memorized knowledge is at a disadvantage to the person who needs to look everything up or rely on tools to do the work.
True. I have friends that have refused to learn algorithms and instead insisted that they only needed to master $FRAMEWORK. Then they got stumped by any problems that can not be solved by $LIBRARY, spending days on it with no result.
Yes, it takes time, but learning is exponential, and overtime, the pace will increase greatly.
The more you have memorized the more nimble your thinking is. If you have a large vocabulary you can effortlessly express yourself with precision while others are thumbing through a thesaurus (or these days asking an AI to “rewrite”).
If you know the history of something you can have more interesting perspective and conversations about it.
There is almost no situation where the person with a lot of memorized knowledge is at a disadvantage to the person who needs to look everything up or rely on tools to do the work.