Google University

James Joyner | Monday, February 16, 2004

Kevin Drum:

In a way, Google is an intellectual amplifier: it makes smart people smarter, but it also makes dumb people dumber, since a naive Google search can easily lead you to information that’s actually less useful than knowing nothing. In other words, don’t throw out your books quite yet.

Indeed.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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It needed to be said.

Posted by McGehee | February 16, 2004 | 09:55 am | Permalink

 

Now he's blaming google?

Posted by Paul | February 16, 2004 | 10:30 am | Permalink

 

case in point, searching for Bush AWOL and coming up with Drum's site.

Posted by bryan | February 16, 2004 | 10:32 am | Permalink

 

Stupid people don't read books.

Posted by melvin toast | February 16, 2004 | 11:54 am | Permalink

 

Drum's wisdom speaks for itself.
With or without Google he remains one of those whose opinion is worse than knowing nothing.

Posted by Randall | February 16, 2004 | 12:59 pm | Permalink

 

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