rose
Extremely helpful member
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2008
- Messages
- 2,925
- Reason
- DX MND
- Diagnosis
- 7/2008
- Country
- US
- State
- Maryland
- City
- Anytown
Many here on the forum use Google as a mainstay to research symptoms, research breakthroughs, and, research just about anything.
A friend sent me a video on technology and how it is changing us and the amount of information we can access.
Some statistics about "Google":
There are 31 billion searches on Google every month. In 2006 this number was 2.7 billion...
.It is estimated that a week's worth of the New York Times contains more information than an individual was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century
....It is estimated that 4 exabytes of unique information will be generated this year. This is more than the previous 5000 years.
Its just a shame that "Google" misguides so many people when they're trying to self diagnose. Maybe its because even though the general population can access information on just about anything, that doesn't mean they have the training or background to discern what that information means in their individual case. Its easy to be mislead, and the more information available to us, the more there is to potentially be misinterpreted by us.
A friend sent me a video on technology and how it is changing us and the amount of information we can access.
Some statistics about "Google":
There are 31 billion searches on Google every month. In 2006 this number was 2.7 billion...
.It is estimated that a week's worth of the New York Times contains more information than an individual was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century
....It is estimated that 4 exabytes of unique information will be generated this year. This is more than the previous 5000 years.
Its just a shame that "Google" misguides so many people when they're trying to self diagnose. Maybe its because even though the general population can access information on just about anything, that doesn't mean they have the training or background to discern what that information means in their individual case. Its easy to be mislead, and the more information available to us, the more there is to potentially be misinterpreted by us.