Originally Posted by
brewbuck
I think Google has completely transformed the meaning of "intelligence." You can't tell anymore if the person you're talking with online is actually clueful, or is just taking everything from a reference. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but the key is that the references themselves are created by people who are genuinely knowledable -- if we lose those people, we lose the references, and possibly everything.
Having massive resources at your fingertips is great but also potentially dangerous if the resource suddenly evaporates.