Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Is Google making us stupid? - I don't think so. We can't be stupid if we have so much technology in this world- people came up with the new gadgets- we invented these things with the intelligence that we have. Are we becoming more lazy?- Yes, maybe we are... I can't lie about that. Let me tell you though, when I don't know an answer to something- I Google the facts as soon as I'm near a computer. For example, today my friend Andrea was telling me and our other friend Ronald about how her father is from Spain- "Which region?" he asked, "I'm not sure..." hahahah. She didn't know where her father is from, so I suggested we Google the regions, and maybe if she saw the map and the names of the regions, something would come up. Bing!...Aragon. That's where her father is from. What I'm trying to say is that, so much information can easily come up in seconds when you Google something you want to know. Of course there are things you need to be wary of when you look up information, but think about it- if you Google, say, what appendicitis is, then link after link, a definition will pop up, and you could easily believe it. It's a fact from a legit website- dictionary.com? Princeton,etc. Now, if you want to go and Google something about your favorite celebrity and want to know if it's the truth- well...that's a little iffy. You can't believe everything you read. Where am I getting at with this? Information is easily at your fingertips whenever you have a problem, that makes you more knowledgeable. If you have a question that you're probably afraid to ask someone, you can bet there have been other people who have/had the same question, and you could find the answer. But you have to know, that what's true to one person might not be true to another. But this only makes you more intelligent because you learn that people have different opinions on topics, topics that are not as fact-driven such as what appendicitis is. For those of you who are wondering why I used appendicitis, well my baby sister is in the hospital for it and had surgery. I knew what appendicitis is, but whenever I don't know what a word means...shhh- I Google it on my phone. I don't have internet on my phone, nope- I text Google "What is...?" and I get a reply from them, and the word is usually from the Princeton Web dictionary. If I ever hear a word a person says that I have no idea what its meaning is, I discreetly look it up. We're learning, even though we do skim texts online here and there- we're still learning if we understand what the text means- it's just that we get the information faster and easier. I love Google; it's my homepage, my go-to for facts I want to find out, and very helpful with homework. If we're reading the screen, our brain is reeling- and if our brain is reeling we're using it and not becoming stupid. We learn everyday, don't worry.

'Til next time,
Lita*