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ChatGPT, remind me what Socrates said about writing? ChatGPT: You’re probably thinking of a passage from Phaedrus by Plato, where Socrates recounts the Egyptian myth of Theuth and King Thamus. In this story, Theuth, the god of writing, presents his invention to King Thamus, claiming it will improve memory. Thamus, however, disagrees, saying  “This invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an aid not to memory, but to reminiscence.”  Socrates was skeptical of writing because he believed true knowledge comes from internal understanding and dialogue rather than external records.