Is googlle killing general knowledge?
By happyforever
@happyforever (191)
China
November 10, 2010 5:31am CST
A google search, once you have keyed the words in, takes a broadband user less than a second, and the process will only get quicker. If you want to konw who wrote Skelling or whether Norway is a member of the European Union, or what Cary Grant's real mane was, you ask your laptop or your phone.
You may well find this depressing. The rise of the web seems worse, pointing not just to occasional outrageous ignorance but to the death of general knowledge itself. And we may be powerless to stop it, for no amount of complaint will make a difference, any more than the governments of 1960s could stop the tide of pop radio, or the parents of today can stop their children playing video games.
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3 responses
@jeanneyvonne (5501)
• Philippines
25 Nov 10
I can't exactly pinpoint why are you upset with search engines or web research. True, it is easier to do research using the web in comparison to finding books and flipping through pages. Besides, the web is not exactly killing general knowledge - it just makes them more accessible by means and by audience.
I don't know what you have against technology but helps in many ways in the same manner that it doesn't help or hinder people. Web researches might be accused of promoting laziness and plagiarism to students/people but it all boils down on how a person use that particular knowledge . It really doesn't matter if you lifted them from a web page or a book page.
Also, it falls on the responsibility of the researcher to be critical of any and every information that s/he receives. Remember the adage, 'Don't believe everything you read'? - that includes old-fashioned research materials (books, etc) and new media resources (web). There is really no point in pitting one resource to another - as long as you have the right and correct information.
@lucas5 (455)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Nov 10
Well as my followers mylots said, it is become easier to find what we want, and so, we can get more knowledge, you can find what you need in just few seconds, and so, you can read more and get more information, it is growing the knowledge of the world.
thank you
