Bankruptcy of mind - 1

How can somebody for whom it seems the terms Google- maniac has been defined can slam Google ?

No I'm not a supporter of Apple or Microsoft. In fact I'd love Google and Samsung to win against MS and Apple so that I can have my Samsung Smartphone with android.

It all started like this...

I was searching for a topic to prepare my second speech in Toastmaster, very recently I was criticizing people who just copy article from books, Google to make their speech in toastmaster.

But, I found myself doing the same thing i.e. searching on goggle to find material and guess what was my excuse?

My excuse was that for my second project I need to deliver a speech which has to be very structured with main points , sub points and all that.  Sooooo... I have to find some research material . Andddd..... where else to find but Google.

So I squirmed through Google and jotted down lots and lots of material which I could refine and prepare my speech but then I stopped...........

Hello!!, the speech is not on some historical or scientific thing but on an aspect of human behavior and though I can do with some psychological references but where will you draw the line between getting the reference / idea from Google  or plainly copying the material from Google and editing, re-phrasing it and branding it as my own work.

Its getting more and more complicated now.

What's an original idea anyways

Acc to one the theories (BTW what do you really expect when you read these words)

Every specie has a collective conscience where each individual can plunge into and that the reason one or more people come out with exactly same idea at same point of time.

I'll admit the first picture that cropped into my mind when I read this theory was some clips from the movie Avatar - For those who had seen the movie - surely can relate this stuff with so called Eywa

Okay I have diverted sufficiently off from the main topic and hence I will come directly to the point.

Google is probably the best thing that has happened to us.

Courtesy to it, we now have the access to all the information available worldwide in matter of seconds.

Its very hard to imagine how people would've managed before Google, From where they accumulated the required information.

But wait..... the keyword here is information  -

DID WE EVER CARED TO STOP AND REFLECT THAT WHAT WE ARE SERVED AT GOOGLE IS INFORMATION OR OPINION.

WHETHER THE VERY THING (GOOGLE) THAT'S SUPPOSED TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE HAS ACTUALLY BECOME OUR CRUTCH.

Its just like you forget actually cooking food because you are dependent on ready made food.

In the same way we have forgot analysis, deduction and making opinion because why bother ?, ready made opinions are available at Google, Much better thought off , supported by solid evidences, historical trends blah blah.

So all that we have to do is to search deep in Google and locate such gems of Wisdom and then snap. you are ready to show off your intellectual prowess.

And if you are caught and accused of plagiarism!! well impress them by explaining theory of collective consciousness [:)].