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James Sprague's avatar

As a retired lawyer I can attest to the remarkable change that occurred in the legal profession with the advent of widely available electronic searchable legal data banks i.e. access to crystallized facts. Top lawyers were often those who could carry great amounts of case names, facts and laws in their heads. A skill much less necessary now. Memory (natural or artificial) was a vital skill attribute to make curiosity pragmatic - and likely still is (speaking as someone whose memory skills have faded with age).

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Alan Thiesen's avatar

Thanks for a thought-provoking post. But what state is named after a famous violin maker? If William Penn or the Baron De La Warr or Queen Califa made violins, Wikipedia doesn't say.

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