Google Searches Can Also Track Intellectual Outbreaks - Page 2

3. Intellectual activity is easily spread among college students and can then be brought into the home during semester breaks or over weekends. One approach is to make enormous quantities of food available when anticipating a home visit and make sure the student's mouth is always full. Others suggest planning a trip to areas of the world not currently experiencing any intellectual outbreaks and leaving before the infected student arrives. While Canada has long been off limits, recent outbreaks in Mexico have put that country in doubt. However, many Caribbean islands are still considered pristine.

4. Intellectual activity is most detrimental to the very young and to the elderly. Special steps should be taken to shield these groups from exposure.

5. Should you begin to feel any of the symptoms of intellectual activity, bed rest, fluids and aspirin — lots of aspirin — are recommended. Symptoms may persist for up to two weeks, with feelings of lethargy and agoraphobia continuing for up to a month after that.

WARNING: Do not under any circumstances attempt to consult a Ph.D. They will only prolong the course of the disease.

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  • 1 - Bunny

    Nov 13, 2008 at 9:24 am

    Are health officials going to show up at my door too? Google is starting to creep me out.

  • 2 - Robert K. Blechman

    Nov 13, 2008 at 9:49 am

    When assailed with these types of concerns, the best course is to cease thinking about them entirely. Certainly you don't want to be caught using Google to answer any question, whether about the flu or any particular epistemological consideration. The best course to ensure your privacy is to repeat the mantra: "I don't think, so I don't think so."

  • 3 - thinkbeat

    Nov 14, 2008 at 7:59 am

    Literacy is a conspiracy to undermine social order. Citizens are advised to remain indoors , watch lots of television and especially, avoid hard cover books like, well... the plague. Text messages are probably safe if they have been sanitized by removing all correctly spelled words. An alternative mantra is: "I think, therefore I think I am."

  • 4 - Robert K Blechman

    Nov 14, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    Of course you're not talking about literacy; you're talking about illiteracy which gives a bad name to an otherwise good condition.

    To be unable to read is a desirable state, not an ill-ness. Let’s not say that someone who can’t read is illiterate, let’s say post-literate, which is a very healthy state.

  • 5 - YellowSEO

    Nov 20, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    And Google queries can also predict political races too, as we seen with the resent election of Barack Obama with the electoral votes being very similar to to search volume.

  • 6 - Martin

    Nov 27, 2008 at 6:32 am

    Google is great, it's so "intelligent". Of course we all need to be selective, since not all the stuff on the web is trustworthy. My IT teacher always said that he wrote the most stupid article on Wikipedia, I'm not mentioning the title because it's really embarassing, but still, it was published and people will believe in it...
    so well, let's not believe in everything we read... but this thing of the flu, that you can predict it, well I think it's great. Google is the answer, most of the times.
    let's just keep safe... baby steps :)
    First aid training courses for appointed person and first aid at work is now being run across the uk to aid companies with compliance issues.

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