How the Internet (Google/Wiki/etc.) makes you think you are smarter than....

[Svnla]

you really are.

“With the Internet, the lines become blurry between what you know and what you think you know.”
That’s worrisome to Fisher, because it means that people are increasingly likely to overestimate their own expertise in situations where it actually is important that they know what they’re talking about.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-you-think-youre-smarter-than-you-really-are/


I think people are lacking the ability to think for themselves and how to solve problem(s) if they are by themselves.

 

[edro]

I think it is accelerated learning and you still retain much of what you learn.
I think it is much better for society.

 

[DesiPower]

A perfect example is this news reporter. How all of a sudden she felt like she was an expert in human behavior.

 

[videogames101]

This is why I never thought knowledge correlated with not being retarded. If I can find everything it takes to do your job on google, you shouldn't have a job.

 

[jlee]

This is why I never thought knowledge correlated with not being retarded. If I can find everything it takes to do your job on google, you shouldn't have a job.

Who's gonna clean toilets then? You? :awe: