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4. Another student pulls out his phone and reports at least five presidents had been in the Klan. Um, source? I asked. Just @Google.
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13. After all the hand-wringing about Silicon Valley and Facebook and Fake News, algorithms are still out there messing people up.
14. @Google, please, please do better. Wikipedia has plenty of problems, but it's actually a much better source of info than this garbage.
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15. Or better yet, look up a peer-reviewed book or article! Not sure where to find one? Ask a historian! We're all over Twitter!
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16. Just remember that the construction of historical knowledge is an ongoing process, and must always be renewed with good sourcing. Fin.
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Agreed. I've reported this internally at Google, so hopefully people will take a look at this soon.
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I'd be surprised if a result like this were personalized. (agreed on your larger point though)
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would the students know the significance being logged in has on "Google"?
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not sure, but I'm not aware of filter bubbles affecting this type of factual query
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Being logged in affects results based on no. of params like location, previous browsing history/searches, posts etc.
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Right, I'm just doubting that it would affect an answer like this, but am open to examples where it does.
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would recommend Art of SEO by
@ericenge-http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032908.do … and@marktraphagen has done extensive research. - 1 more reply
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(I'm not on that team so I can't speak for the larger issues here)
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I teach my students to go to Wikipedia, if at all possible. This causes tension with some of my colleagues.
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If
@Google had known about these issues earkier. Oh wait. It did even before the fake news erahttp://searchengineland.com/when-google-gets-it-wrong-direct-answers-with-debatable-incorrect-weird-content-223073 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Until the algorithm can do this, you won't see it
@Google. Imagine the cost to hire people to answer every conceivable question.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Why is this Google's impetus? Just because they sort the stuff doesn't mean the researcher has any less responsibility.
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If you ask for technical solutions for social issues you just systemise your assumptions. That's exactly the root issue here.
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Students have access to very powerful tools, but they are not being taught how to work with them. Google shows cultural relevance
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It can not possibly be aware of the historical or social context of that relevance. That is entirely on our fleshy meat brains.
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