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by SquishyPanda23 2705 days ago
Its mission is technically to "to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful."

I would argue that organizing and making incorrect information universally acceptable meets some of the criteria, but it fails to be "useful."

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"Vaccines cause autism." "Vaccines don't cause autism."

Both of those convey information. Both are expressed frequently. Only one is backed by research. And only one of those is true.

At best, Google might be able to tell you which is backed by research. But that's no guarantee that it's the true answer.

The study of epistemology is fascinating.