William Merunka

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As time passes, new methods are developed and tasks that used to take up valuable time or would be tedious have become fast and simple.  One such item is the internet.  While it may have caught on slow, the internet is a necessity in almost everybody’s life.  Whether it is communicating with clients through email, research for a project, ordering gifts, or even ordering lunch for the office staff, we all use the internet.

While the internet is a useful tool, it has its flaws.  One of the bigger problems is that it does not come with a lie detector.  Whenever we have a question to answer and none of our friends or colleagues know the answer, or can convince us that their solution is correct, we Google it.  Instantly, we have multiple, sometimes hundreds of websites with information related to our research topic.  How do you use this information?  Do you trust it is 100% or do you do further research to validate it? [Read more...]