Does it undermine problem-solving skills or expose a lack of them? Probably a little of each. If people aren't using advanced search, the search engines probabl

Does it undermine problem-solving skills or expose a lack of them? Probably a little of each. If people aren't using advanced search, the search engines probably aren't helping by burying it and showing a one-textbox start page. But if someone doesn't understand that not every web page is equally legitimate or authoritative, it's a failing that's more fundamental.