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[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences journal found, in 8 studies, exactly that: people who used Google to answer questions were more confident in their knowledge and memory than those who did not use Google. Importantly, though, people who used Google where no more likely to be correct than those who did not.

Give these people a Nobel prize. Looking things up increases correctness AND confidence? I'm shocked.