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I sincerely hope no one is either - but why should Google even pretend to know the answer to something?

How is the average, non-technical person supposed to assume that Google won't give an accurate answer to a medical question?

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Why shouldn't they? I personally like the answers and use them often if I'm trying to find a fact, like when someone famous was born. If someone is going to blindly trust Google without verifying and google doesn't try to answer, they'll probably just trust whatever site is listed first anyways...

I see no harm in Google guessing.

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