Ok, so i actually agree partially with what you are saying. But since i was phoneposting on break i figured I would consolidate my thinking into the above statement. My longer response would be that internet researching is a more efficient tool than traditional library based research. Now here is what i mean by that. It is totally possible to write a factual research thesis without using any physical media. Leveraging the internet to access digital copies of the physical media you were looking for is time saving; and offers you the same information you were going to get by hunting for the book and hoping someone else did not borrow it already. 99% of books are scanned and available online for free. I agree with the value of old books and knowledge. Fortunately for us so do alot of other autists. There is something called the internet archive that saves web pages so that they cannot censor or change old articles. These archives are then backed up even further by autist data hoarders [a fun hobby btw]. If people knoW proper research and scientific processes; accurate and unbiased research is possible by using the internet. You are simply utilizing a tool to save time accessing the same info from the same sources you were looking for. Plus as a bit of a digression; I would argue that books only contain information and that knowledge is gained from an understanding of that information. Once that information is internalized and understood it becomes knowledge.