So when the public notices the autocomplete results are hateful, Google decides to take action? Why is this not being filtered in the first place!

This raises the question of who is to blame: Google for displaying the articles or the users for not fact checking the articles presented?

Google displays what it thinks is the answer we are looking for when we search a question based off an algorithm. Too often we take this answer at face value and move on!

While this is a good first step, it does not prevent people from sharing fake news to others that they are friends with when they share a post.

I am not an avid Twitter user, but I know that some users will circulate false information simply to draw attention to their account.

My bioethics class studied an entire unit on the ethics of medical research publications. While journals somewhat check articles for the accuracy of the results, false claims are made by thousands of articles a year. There has even been retraction teams assembled to try and weed out falsified publications.

Despite being given credit for the work, female biologists are still not being promoted to positions of leadership and power.

This is promising progress for women working in the academic world, but there is still plenty more ground to cover.

There are politics of the academic world that I had no idea existed.

This is such a realistic concern for female researchers. Being published is how someone employed in the scholarly realm survives. My Biology professors often say "publish or perish."

This reminds me of a global feminism conversation from one of my other courses. It was said that many Latin American and Asian feminists must write in English or relate their work to a Western feminist to be taken seriously.

I think this is such a powerful statement that the author uses to define commons. It amazing how the definition and purpose of inclusive word can be twisted to mean whatever the people in power wish.

That is absolutely insane. I had no idea that universities paid that much to have information made available to students.

I think this statement is an accurate summation of how I feel as a student on Wake Forest's campus. With information being more accessible than ever, it can be somewhat overwhelming to process and reflect upon. I often have difficulty deciding what exactly my stance is on a subject.

I have personally exhibited this behavior in my academic career. When completing assignments I often find myself taking the "safer" route instead of pushing my thought boundaries because my main focus is to earn a high grade. I am content to limit my intellectual efforts and simply follow what is outlined by the assignment, because I am afraid deviating from the outline will harm my grade.