Bruce - Credibility on the Web, 2001

Bruce presents philosophical answers of what gets determine to be credible on the internet. He presents the problem of the internet being an exponentially growing database of just about anything (this includes the things that have little if no meaning at all) He presents a few philosophies into the sifting through that data:

(1) Exegetical
(2) Dogmatic

"There are two major problems with conceiving of web searches as simply looking up information. The first is the practical one that we are often frustrated. The answers may be "out there," but if we search inappropriately we get useless data back from the search. Interesting questions require some effort ahead of time to be formulated well. Moreover, good answers typically develop out of interaction with rich material and not as immediate prepared texts. All the general rules for searching suffer from the fact that the method of search depends on the problem being investigated..."(Bruce, 2001)

Bruce is talking about maybe a free wielding search of a topic. For example, running a search on Bird will give you hits of what you meant and probably what you did not meant.

"This leads us to the second problem with conceiving of web searches as simply looking up information, that it obscures the web's potential importance for education or other life activities. The true value of the web lie in the way it can open up our questions. We ask one thing, but the web leads us to ask more questions and to become aware of how much we do not know. A recognition of these problems leads us to move from a conception of searching the web to find a piece of information to one in which a search is embedded in how we think: How can searching become not only "looking up," but truly productive inquiry?" (Bruce, 2001)

Bruce questions the true value of really just "looking up" a term. It leads us just to more questions. Here is question that I have of Bruce, is that what learning really all about? An absolute truth.

Another, question I may propose to Bruce would be is the learning of knowledge: Is it a Science or an Art?