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SUMMARY:Google\, Crowds and Mobs - Tom Simpson\, Department of Philosophy\
 , Cambridge
DTSTART:20110614T170000Z
DTEND:20110614T181500Z
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nIn this paper I look at what we want from a sear
 ch engine\, and what we’re currently getting\n(with Google\, pre-eminent
 ly). I argue that piggy-backing search results on past users’ behaviour 
 means that\, instead of following a wise crowd\, users are increasingly fo
 llowing foolish mobs. The result is that search is very useful indeed in m
 any ordinary contexts\, but in more specialised contexts – and particula
 rly the contexts that academics are often in – search is of increasingly
  limited use.\n\n*About the speaker*\n\nThomas Simpson is engaged on a PhD
  entitled ‘Trust on the Internet’ at the Faculty of Philosophy\, Unive
 rsity of Cambridge\, and is sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge. Bef
 ore returning to philosophy\, he served five years with the Royal Marine C
 ommandos (NI\; Baghdad\; Helmand Province). His research interests are in 
 testimony and social epistemology\, trust\, applied ethics in the philosop
 hy of technology\, and the ethics of war.\n\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Wolfson College
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