Dear Moderator pls circulate. GOOGLE SEARCH MAKING PEOPLE MORE FORGETFUL: STUDY The Internet is fast eroding people's memories of world-changing events in history, making them more forgetful as they increasingly bank upon Google to provide the information, a new UK study has found. The study of 2,000 adults found less-than-half of people surveyed could name the year when Princess Diana died, even though it happened as recently as 1997. Many respondents did not even know the year in which the terror attacks on the World Trade Center took place while many others were clueless about when the Berlin Wall fell, the 'Metro' reported. The important dates of world-changing events in history are fast disappearing from the memories of the Internet generation, researchers said. Majority of the adults, who took part in the survey, said that they made less of an effort to remember things "because we can look them up" on the Internet. "The Internet could be changing the traditional way we remember and process things - certainly compared to older generations," spokesman for Grant's Whisky, which commissioned the survey, said. The most common date people remembered was the Battle of Hastings, while the dates of the two world wars and England's World Cup win were also ingrained in their memory. REFERENCE LINK: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/google-se... Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.