Written Exams Should Be Open Book For Science Subjects.

In my final round of this debate, I will only refute Con's points in round 2. I will not add any additional points or arguments. Thus here it goes.1. Con did not state where he got his statistics.2. Con assumes opened book exams are as easy as closed book exams. Con completely ignore my points 5. and 6. in round 2. Super fast readers do not necessarily have an advantage in opened book exams. Con also assumes that "fast readers" and "hardworkers" are mutually exclusive. As Pro, I would say that regardless of the ability to read fast, hardworkers will definitely score in exams. 3. Technology is most relevant in the science industries. Say an engineer is trained in machine A in his studies. But by the time he graduates, machine A has been improved to machine A2. Thus an engineer who is only good at memorizing, who is unable to adapt, would be unable to operate machine A2. And you cannot deny that in this modern age of civilization, our advancement of technology is overwhelmingly fast compared as compared to the past.4. Retaining information is not the only criteria in the science field. The ability to continuously learn and adapt is just as important. 5. Cramming does not help to retain information. I have already addressed this in my point 4.6. Doctors and engineers aren't regurgitate sciences. Take doctors for example. Each patient is different. Young patients would take less dosage of the medicine compared to older patients. Patients have different allergies that have to be taken into consideration. Designing a bridge as an engineer is very different from project to project too. Engineers have to take into consideration the site conditions such as temperature, weather, soil strength and etc.7. Cramming is the process where students forcefully stuff their brains with as much information as possible without understanding them completely. Cramming is impossible in open book exams due to the fact that the information that students cram, are made available during exams. Thus cramming is useless in an open book exam.8. I have already addressed that closed book exams do not directly correlate to memory retention. In fact, having a strong foundation of knowledge is to have a strong understanding of the subjects which is what opened book exams have compared to closed book. Thus thank you Con for agreeing with Pro.9. Con mentioned "What good is a researcher who says 'hmm let me research why humans have sex' (or something far more complex) and then Googles it writes a whole essay on it and then says 'aw man it's already been done...' This is why skim reading gurus are useless in the science profession" which I believe implies plagiarism. However I have already addressed my opinion on plagiarism above. And opened book exam do not give skim reading gurus a great advantage over hard workers.10. I would also add on that a good researcher should have the ability to take in research that has already been done and to add to it. Rather that to repeat the same experiments that have been done countless times each yielding the same results. In Conclusion, open book exams have been proved to benefit the science community in this modern age of technology as it allows us to build quicker upon already existing knowledge. There will reach a time when the amount of existing knowledge will be too much for an average person to absorb fully without yet contributing to it. Thus open book exams lighten the burden of memorizing as well as strengthen the ability of a person to research. Thus open book exams are the only way to go.Note to all: When voting, Con should not add new arguments or rebuttals in his final round. Thus please DO NOT penalize him on it. Thank you.