[zR0x]

If it’s just stats why do I need Google?

I can write code to bubble up stats across text sources in any language.

I’m reminded of a behind the scenes video of Batman 1989, where they discuss a complicated layering of Joker makeup to achieve the effect in the scene where he wipes off fleshy colored face paint; white makeup on Nicholson, special coating to be able to apply the next layer, on and on.

No one thought to just have him wipe white face paint onto his forehead.

I can easily see a bunch of programmers making a mess out of an elegant problem given the spaghetti code I’ve worked in.

Maybe English means nothing about consciousness? Many linguists take the position it’s random sounds we’ve been polishing definitions of for years.

[wutbrodo]

> If it’s just stats why do I need Google? I can write code to bubble up stats across text sources in any language.

I'm not sure I understand your framing here, but in it, aren't you just describing what Google _is_?