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<seo title="The Library of Babel" metakeywords="1,000 monkeys on type writers, infinite knowledge" metadescription="The library of Babel, what if all knowledge that could be created was on the internet?"/>
<seo title="The Library of Babel" metakeywords="1,000 monkeys on type writers, infinite knowledge" metadescription="The library of Babel, what if all knowledge that could be created was on the internet?"/>
[[File:Library planet.png|alt=Library planet|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Imagine every book ever written.]]
[[File:Library planet.png|alt=Library planet|thumb|'''Figure 1'''. Imagine every book ever written.]]
'''The Library of Babel is a metaphor detailing how information is now so abundant on the internet there is sufficient evidence on both sides of any argument to prove or disprove it.''' Hence, it is argued that expert knowledge of [[Referencing|weighted referencing]] and [[critical analysis]] skills has now become a necessity in navigating the information age.
'''The Library of Babel is a metaphor describing how information has become so abundant on the internet, there is sufficient evidence on both sides of any argument to prove or disprove it.''' This concept comes from a science fiction short story, thought experiment by Jorge Luis Borges called "''The Library of Babel''":


This concept comes from a science fiction short story by Jorge Luis Borges called "''The Library of Babel'' ". The tale details out this issue in a thought experiment: imagine a planet which contains all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set. The majority of the book would be gibberish, however, like 1,000 monkeys bashing the keys on typewriter for infinity, some books in the library would detail the entire works of Shakespeare and beyond.
''"Imagine a planet which contains all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set. The majority of the book would be gibberish, however, like 1,000 monkeys bashing the keys on typewriter for infinity, some books in the library would detail the entire works of Shakespeare and beyond."''


This is analogous to the internet as the majority of content is generated on the basis of what gets clicks as opposed to what is correct. A prime example of this is information about climate change. It is a fact that the vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists – 97 percent – agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change<ref>[https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20the%20vast%20majority%20of,global%20warming%20and%20climate%20change. https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/#:~:text=Yes%2C%20the%20vast%20majority%20of,global%20warming%20and%20climate%20change.]</ref>. However, people like [[wikipedia:Alex_Epstein_(American_writer)|Alex Epstein]] maintain that this is not the case, this is not because he is more knowledgeable or even has a PhD in climate science, it is because clicks make revenue and there is a small, non-[[Neuroplasticity|neuroplastic]] population of people trying to avert [[cognitive dissonance]] and he is profiteering of this.
The Library is now analogous to the internet as vast reams of content is now being generated on the basis of what gets clicks as opposed to what is factually correct. To navigate this, [[critical analysis]] skills are now a necessity to see fact through the quagmire of data.
 
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 2 July 2023

Library planet
Figure 1. Imagine every book ever written.

The Library of Babel is a metaphor describing how information has become so abundant on the internet, there is sufficient evidence on both sides of any argument to prove or disprove it. This concept comes from a science fiction short story, thought experiment by Jorge Luis Borges called "The Library of Babel":

"Imagine a planet which contains all possible 410-page books of a certain format and character set. The majority of the book would be gibberish, however, like 1,000 monkeys bashing the keys on typewriter for infinity, some books in the library would detail the entire works of Shakespeare and beyond."

The Library is now analogous to the internet as vast reams of content is now being generated on the basis of what gets clicks as opposed to what is factually correct. To navigate this, critical analysis skills are now a necessity to see fact through the quagmire of data.

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