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Access to all kinds of information is good. It will always be up to the individual to investigate and draw up conclusions. People who state that they can just l

Access to all kinds of information is good. It will always be up to the individual to investigate and draw up conclusions. People who state that they can just look something up on Wiki and be knowledgeable (or gasp experts!) will have been ignorant 10 years ago, 100 years ago etc. If they wouldn't have had Wikipedia or a newspaper, they'd have had religion (or anything else) to allow feeling knowledgeable. Also, I disagree that reading a book is a REQUIREMENT for study. It can be beneficial, but it's just another tool. There are a lot of wrongs on this planet, unfortunately.

coldtea 9y ago
>People who state that they can just look something up on Wiki and be knowledgeable (or gasp experts!) will have been ignorant 10 years ago, 100 years ago etc. They would -- but they wouldn't be able to pass their ignorance as knowledge in most fields. Easy access has been known to devalue things -- it's simple economics. >Also, I disagree that reading a book is a REQUIREMENT for study. It can be beneficial, but it's just another tool. Reading a book might not be, but reading extensively is. Skimping through online articles and wikipedia-surfing is not that.
folksinger 9y ago
Do you think the average public library contains a better or worse ratio of good to bad knowledge than Google? How about a library at a world-class university? How about the magazines on display at the grocery store checkout line?