Well, no shit? If you have something doing the thinking for you you never develop the creativity or conceptual understanding of a thing. You’re just regurgitating thought already laid out for you.

I think one of the best markers of this is prose. You’ve either got the innate skills to make prose that’s near art, or you’re just another word-gargler that has no real grasp on the tools you’re using.

And Socrates said written language will ruin people’s memory.