[Popman]

Speaking of which...how many people even know what the original Boxer rebellion was?

Googling has replaced the concept of learning something the hard way.

Both good and bad. IMHO

Boxer Rebellion

Only 164,000 hits in 0.18 seconds to learn from!!!

[mainepatsfan]

I bet there are DUmmies who've done a Google search for the "Boxer Rebellion" and wondered why the hell they kept getting results about China.

[PMCarey]

Googling has replaced the concept of learning something the hard way.

So did writing which replaced memorization. Which, when you think about it, is very interesting. Google represents a very fundamental shift in how we obtain and process information that rivals the invention of writing and the printing press.