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by t-writescode 670 days ago
I find it to be orders of magnitude more helpful at getting me started on the research journey when I don't know how to formulate the question of what I'm researching.

I find it useful for:

  * throwing ideas at a wall and rubber-ducking my emotional state and feelings.
  * creating silly, meme images in strange circumstances, sometimes.
  * answering simple "what's the name of that movie / song / whatever" questions
Is it always right? Absolutely not. Is it a good starting point? Yes.

Think of it like the school and the early days of Wikipedia. "Can I use Wikipedia as a source? No. But you can use it to find primary sources and use those in your research paper!"