Technological advancements have been received with different reactions. These advancements are what have led to the invention of Google. Google, which is an information site, has made academic life very easy. It is now easier to access information of different times within a short period. However, the effect of Google has led to a lot of controversies. Is Google really making us stupid or clever. This question requires a lot of insight and analysis in order to answer it. Some people say that Google makes us to be stupid while others are of the contrasting idea. Each side has given substantial evidence supporting their idea. Nevertheless, Google is of much benefit rather than making us stupid.
Some professions argue that it has its own disadvantages and hence makes us stupid. One of this is that Google makes people lazy and hence stupid. Google provides all the required information to people and thus an individual is only required to press and find the answer (Sparrow et al, 2011). This is seen to …show more content…
People can easily write blogs or article containing medical information which can be wrong. Some of these sites have even been burned but some of them are still being used by innocent students. These sites make people to have access to false information and make them believe that they have the right information (Sparrow et al, 2011). This habit affects the whole public as it makes people to have false knowledge hence making them stupid. Another disadvantage is that Google makes people stupid as it greatly affects the reading habit of people. Many people can not be able to read effectively as before because of the influence of the Internet (Duffy, 2007). People are now adapted to the system of getting direct to the answering Google and not searching for it in a whole book. By so doing, additional information is not gained and hence the person becomes more