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> "Is abortion right", returns from a strongly pro-choice viewpoint https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=is+abortion+ri

> "Is abortion right", returns from a strongly pro-choice viewpoint https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=is+abortion+right https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... > "Is abortion okay", returns an excerpt from a strongly pro-life viewpoint https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=is+abortion+okay https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... > "Does God exist", returns an atheist's viewpoint https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=does+god+exist https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... > "Is God real", returns a strongly theistic viewpoint https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=is+god+real https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e... I feel like Google isn't doing a good service by providing quick and very biased answers to very big questions.

Xeoncross 11y ago
I suppose this is the fate of those that trust Google as their source of worldview - biased answers. However, when asking actual questions about physical things like fixing cars, resetting mac OSX images, and keeping meat in the fridge for more than 5 days - it works great! I love it!
MrZongle2 11y ago
"I feel like Google isn't doing a good service by providing quick and very biased answers to very big questions." Probably not. But I think the alternative -- Google choosing what it (or rather, an internal committee) thinks is the best answer and providing it -- may even be worse, depending on the topic and your personal opinions. If Google were the United States government, we'd probably be having fits over such a possibility. Heck, people (rightly) have had fits over such instances. I have equal distaste over a large multinational corporation doing the same.
RyanMcGreal 11y ago
I take issue with your analogy, as these are all moral questions. In contrast, "What happened to the dinosaurs" is a factual question.
- mod 11y ago
  "Does God exist" seems pretty factual to me.
  - RyanMcGreal 11y ago
    Fair enough.
  - cmsj 11y ago
    That seems overly simplistic, given the diverse claims as to the nature of God/Gods. To pick one, the Judaeo-Christian god seems to be unwilling to allow proof of its existence. This seems to be intentional, to place the acceptance/rejection of its existence onto a plane of personal faith, rather than provable fact.

Xeoncross 11y ago

I suppose this is the fate of those that trust Google as their source of worldview - biased answers. However, when asking actual questions about physical things like fixing cars, resetting mac OSX images, and keeping meat in the fridge for more than 5 days - it works great! I love it!

MrZongle2 11y ago

"I feel like Google isn't doing a good service by providing quick and very biased answers to very big questions." Probably not. But I think the alternative -- Google choosing what it (or rather, an internal committee) thinks is the best answer and providing it -- may even be worse, depending on the topic and your personal opinions. If Google were the United States government, we'd probably be having fits over such a possibility. Heck, people (rightly) have had fits over such instances. I have equal distaste over a large multinational corporation doing the same.

RyanMcGreal 11y ago

I take issue with your analogy, as these are all moral questions. In contrast, "What happened to the dinosaurs" is a factual question.

mod 11y ago
"Does God exist" seems pretty factual to me.
- RyanMcGreal 11y ago
  Fair enough.
- cmsj 11y ago
  That seems overly simplistic, given the diverse claims as to the nature of God/Gods. To pick one, the Judaeo-Christian god seems to be unwilling to allow proof of its existence. This seems to be intentional, to place the acceptance/rejection of its existence onto a plane of personal faith, rather than provable fact.