Viruzzz
December 27th, 2007, 01:52 PM
Was linked here. First page i visited was the proofs, and i well, to be honest i don't really think they prove anything.
#1 omniscient
Google knows nearly everything on the internet, yes. But what google knows isn't necessarily true. one website might say 2+2=4 And another will say its 5, google will know both of these answers, but it wont have any sense of truth (ofcourse it will in this case since it's basic math, but in general)
Google knows everything, but it's knowledge is of very low quality since it's a gamble whether or not it's true.
#2 Omnipresent
Google is omnipresent only because of the internet, it's not a feature unique to google. Everything on the internet is technically omnipresent, which means many billions of things are "omnipresent" google isn't any more omnipresent than the other ones.
#3 google answers
Again google doesn't know that the answer is true. It'll just register that it's 'an answer' to that specific question
#4 immortality
everything digital can be immortal, it's not exclusive to google. Besides, when the day comes and google is no longer needed, what will happen to it? There's no guarantee google will always be wanted/needed.
It has the possibility of lasting close to forever, but it is in no way a guarantee.
#5 infinity
Google can not grow to infinity, it has 1 limiting factor. the internet. and the internet will always be bigger or the same size as google, it can not go beyond that.
#6 remembers all.
similarly to #1 memory is useless if it can't distinguish thruth from everything else
#7 "Google can do no evil"
If google can't do Evil then google can't do any good either. what google does good can be used in the same way to do evil.
If someone finds the recipe to make a bomb in order to kill/hurt someone through google's search-engine, has google not done something evil?
It's the same thing as true vs false, google can't distinguish good form evil, it can only register a question and provide an answer.
#8 search popularity
If that makes google a god then what about some of the other words some people search for? i bet a lot of words associated with the porn industry gets typed in that search box quite often
#9 proof of existance
proving that something exists doesn't make it divine.
In every religion there's some sort of story on how the gods created man, in googles case it's the other way around, google was created by man. If you have a creator then will the creator not automatically be 'above' you? you wouldn't exist if not for them, makes you much less immortal.
A few things to add
I found out that i was an atheist very early in my life, I've never truly believed that there was a god. On the same note, I don't mind if other people believe in anything, as long as they themselves do not expect me to believe in the same thing.
I don't have anything against google, or googleism(or whatever you call it) I just dont' agree you can call these 9 things proofs of being a god.
#1 omniscient
Google knows nearly everything on the internet, yes. But what google knows isn't necessarily true. one website might say 2+2=4 And another will say its 5, google will know both of these answers, but it wont have any sense of truth (ofcourse it will in this case since it's basic math, but in general)
Google knows everything, but it's knowledge is of very low quality since it's a gamble whether or not it's true.
#2 Omnipresent
Google is omnipresent only because of the internet, it's not a feature unique to google. Everything on the internet is technically omnipresent, which means many billions of things are "omnipresent" google isn't any more omnipresent than the other ones.
#3 google answers
Again google doesn't know that the answer is true. It'll just register that it's 'an answer' to that specific question
#4 immortality
everything digital can be immortal, it's not exclusive to google. Besides, when the day comes and google is no longer needed, what will happen to it? There's no guarantee google will always be wanted/needed.
It has the possibility of lasting close to forever, but it is in no way a guarantee.
#5 infinity
Google can not grow to infinity, it has 1 limiting factor. the internet. and the internet will always be bigger or the same size as google, it can not go beyond that.
#6 remembers all.
similarly to #1 memory is useless if it can't distinguish thruth from everything else
#7 "Google can do no evil"
If google can't do Evil then google can't do any good either. what google does good can be used in the same way to do evil.
If someone finds the recipe to make a bomb in order to kill/hurt someone through google's search-engine, has google not done something evil?
It's the same thing as true vs false, google can't distinguish good form evil, it can only register a question and provide an answer.
#8 search popularity
If that makes google a god then what about some of the other words some people search for? i bet a lot of words associated with the porn industry gets typed in that search box quite often
#9 proof of existance
proving that something exists doesn't make it divine.
In every religion there's some sort of story on how the gods created man, in googles case it's the other way around, google was created by man. If you have a creator then will the creator not automatically be 'above' you? you wouldn't exist if not for them, makes you much less immortal.
A few things to add
I found out that i was an atheist very early in my life, I've never truly believed that there was a god. On the same note, I don't mind if other people believe in anything, as long as they themselves do not expect me to believe in the same thing.
I don't have anything against google, or googleism(or whatever you call it) I just dont' agree you can call these 9 things proofs of being a god.