From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 14:10:11 MST
Adrian Tymes wrote:
> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky wrote:
> ...and this is a new sensation for you?
>
> Devil's advocate: it's not reliable. Not all the answers are out there,
> and even if they are, finding them can be impossible if you don't know
> the proper terms. At best, it's an assitant to classical learning and
> knowledge - albeit a potentially very powerful one when it works.
Perhaps my young friend Adrian has forgotten how
information was gathered in the old days. Our best
analog to the net was a large building where the
information was printed on paper. This information
was sometimes unreliable, often incomplete and
nearly always outdated. Our best analog to google
was a big wooden cabinet with paper cards that
might or might not help one find the info one
needed.
Living in the 21st century waaay doesn't suck.
spike
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