I am going to disagree with his claim for a few reasons: We do not have to use the internet to attain knowledge, we can choose and modify the ways that we want to learn, and he does not mention any facts that Google making us stupid.

Nicholas Carr states that in his article that he feels in some way that the use of Google is demeaning his learning abilities, or using the internet for our own intellectual gains is solely ones decision. There are public libraries across the nation, even at schools the libraries are open to the public. Whether we take advantage of these resources is simply one’s own fault. Even if one was to use the internet, we do not have to use Bing. There’s other websites like Bing, Yahoo, and Ask. Google is a website that is open and free for anyone to use. With Google being available to me, I have passed a multitude of tests, quizzes, and have gotten good grades on my homework. There are very few times that I have actually used a textbook to learn something. Or even if I do, I will use search engines to clarify the material that I recently covered. So claiming that “Google makes us stupid” is absurd if one can’t prove that Google is the issue.

As I aforementioned, one can choose the method in which material is …show more content…
His article was lengthy and has examples of others experiences, but Carr does not include any legitimate experiments done by himself or someone else that is truly credible. How can he prove that Google is affecting us in a negative manner? Carr did not persuade me in any way that is argument is valid, he goes on and on stating how he and others were affected using the internet. A claim of this nature must be backed by factual statements, or else others would consider it to be a simple rant. He does not seem to be emotionally intact with his article, or I can’t seem to detect how he is