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Originally posted by intrepid
Google is a tool. Like any other tool it can be useful, it can also be dangerous. Take a screwdriver. You use that puppy to fix thing. It can also be used to kill someone with. EVERYTHING can be found with Google. How do you use it? Look for knowledge or look for things that back up your preconceived ideals? The first is a good thing. The second not so much.
Secondly, Google is making us dumber imo. We don't have to remember anything anymore. Instead of putting our gray matter to work, "Aw screw it. I'll just Google it." That's not good for us as a species. Memory is important. Hell that's how us older people got through school and life. Not anymore. And I'm guilty of this as well. Just something I've been pondering lately. Rant off.
Originally posted by intrepid
reply to post by Sly1one
Use it for stuff you already have learned and can't be bothered to put the synapses to work? Not good.
Originally posted by intrepid
reply to post by Sly1one
The very existence of Google means that one doesn't have to put things into their memory. As long as you have a computer. See Superman's post above. I remember the transition from not being allowed to use a calculator to when it became OK. That's not good for us. Seek more knowledge? Great, that is what Google is for. Use it for stuff you already have learned and can't be bothered to put the synapses to work? Not good.