Usefulness Of Information On The Internet
The internet is a place for pretty much everything, and it is slowly becoming available for everyone. Even though many critics point at the internet as a pile of useless or incorrect information, it constantly helps millions of users to network, engage develop, and share ideas over this global platform.
However, it is absolutely true that you can post whatever you want, regardless of the correctness of the post. Many of us sometimes use such information without any knowledge of whether it is correct or incorrect.
But, have we ever asked ourselves: ‘How much time will I save?’ or ‘Do I need to travel to China or a library, and read fifty books to learn something new?’ Another question is: ‘How do we define something as correct, or how do we know that something which we read is necessarily true?’ So-called ‘incorrect or useless’ information is often easily recognized by the millions of readers and experts who can immediately leave a ‘warning’ comment about the data we read. Therefore, there are certain pages and sources on the internet which write and post true and useful information, where readers never complain or report plagiarism or lies. Furthermore, the internet is a place where you have ‘virtual libraries’. Years ago, we would have to travel miles away to find the information, and we would still have been unsure if it is correct. Nowadays, you can go wherever you want and find whatever you want by only a couple of clicks, and we can be pretty much sure of our data is correct simply by reading others’ responses. One book in a library is available only for one person in a moment, while one book online is available for everyone at any moment. In my opinion, there is no such thing as useless knowledge. In the end, we learn from it, correct it, and thus, we improve.
In solving and searching for solutions to our problems, we certainly can be exposed to invalid data, but as years pass and we develop, we recognize what is wrong and what is not. This power of differentiation and understanding enables us to surf the internet without having any worries about false information. Even if we lack these abilities, at least we don’t have to travel so many miles. But one thing is for sure: there will always be someone to help us out and provide solutions for our problems We only need to know where to surf.
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