From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 11:58:25 MST
JAY DUGGER wrote:
>
> Now that google has become a regular noun instead of a proper noun, and
> in fact a neologism, can we expect to see another word describing
> "wanting better information than google provides"? Does one already exist?
Actually, 'google' is a verb.
The act of "wanting better information than google provides" is called
"fantasizing" or "dreaming", since, of course, the notion of "better
information than google provides" is a logical contradiction. There is no
extra-googular information, only information we do not presently know how
to google. Unless, of course, you still believe in the supernetural.
Given that, you have to admire the audacity of the search engine pioneers
who bought the web address google.com and even named their company Google.
Astonishingly, they seem to be living up to the name so far.
-- Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/ Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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