That seems overly simplistic, given the diverse claims as to the nature of God/Gods.
To pick one, the Judaeo-Christian god seems to be unwilling to allow proof of its existence. This seems to be intentional, to place the acceptance/rejection of its existence onto a plane of personal faith, rather than provable fact.
"I feel like Google isn't doing a good service by providing quick and very biased answers to very big questions."
Probably not. But I think the alternative -- Google choosing what it (or rather, an internal committee) thinks is the best answer and providing it -- may even be worse, depending on the topic and your personal opinions.
If Google were the United States government, we'd probably be having fits over such a possibility. Heck, people (rightly) have had fits over such instances. I have equal distaste over a large multinational corporation doing the same.
I suppose this is the fate of those that trust Google as their source of worldview - biased answers.
However, when asking actual questions about physical things like fixing cars, resetting mac OSX images, and keeping meat in the fridge for more than 5 days - it works great! I love it!
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I feel like Google isn't doing a good service by providing quick and very biased answers to very big questions.
I take issue with your analogy, as these are all moral questions. In contrast, "What happened to the dinosaurs" is a factual question.
"Does God exist" seems pretty factual to me.
That seems overly simplistic, given the diverse claims as to the nature of God/Gods.
To pick one, the Judaeo-Christian god seems to be unwilling to allow proof of its existence. This seems to be intentional, to place the acceptance/rejection of its existence onto a plane of personal faith, rather than provable fact.
Fair enough.
"I feel like Google isn't doing a good service by providing quick and very biased answers to very big questions."
Probably not. But I think the alternative -- Google choosing what it (or rather, an internal committee) thinks is the best answer and providing it -- may even be worse, depending on the topic and your personal opinions.
If Google were the United States government, we'd probably be having fits over such a possibility. Heck, people (rightly) have had fits over such instances. I have equal distaste over a large multinational corporation doing the same.
I suppose this is the fate of those that trust Google as their source of worldview - biased answers.
However, when asking actual questions about physical things like fixing cars, resetting mac OSX images, and keeping meat in the fridge for more than 5 days - it works great! I love it!