Are We Googling Our Way to a False Sense of Confidence?

Studies show how instant search results distort our self-perception

Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
Forge
Published in
5 min readJan 24, 2022

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Search engines give you practically any answer you need in fractions of a second. The process is so quick and effortless that there’s barely a distinction between coming up with an answer in your own head and having the answer given to you by Google.

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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
Forge
Writer for

Research Leader (Ex-Instagram / Chief Scientist at multiple startups). Author of the User Insight Newsletter: https://userinsight.substack.com/