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I have a small device in my pocket that provides access to nearly the sum total of human knowledge. I use it to get into pointless arguments with people I don't
by HankB99 7y ago
I have a small device in my pocket that provides access to nearly the sum total of human knowledge.
I use it to get into pointless arguments with people I don't know and look at pictures of cats.
(I wish I could claim that as original but it is something I read on the Internet. Between cats. :-/ )
- 11thEarlOfMar 7y agoLol, I've been telling my kids for years, "I hold in my hand the accumulated knowledge of mankind."
- minxomat 7y agoTry telling a kid you're older than Google.
- omarchowdhury 7y agoWell, you hold access to it, not the knowledge itself.
- dorgo 7y agoYou don't have a copy of wikipedia on your phone?
- omarchowdhury 7y agoWikipedia doesn't include everything, but I get your point.
- platz 7y agoAre you absolutely sure those arguments are pointless
- slx26 7y agomagnificent bait
- lazyhummingbird 7y agoMy favorite argument: the internet has far less of humanity's knowledge on it than most people believe. There are so many major gaps. Not only does expertise and apprenticeship for many trades and crafts still exist almost exclusively offline, but also the documentation of accomplishments and the state of the art for so many fields. Google Books, the greatest library in the history of mankind is collecting dust behind a locked door due to copyright. The failure of Google Books (an ambitious, incredible attempt) is imo one of the biggest tragedies of the information age.