In the late 1990’s, while conducting training workshops for teams from the IT industry, I learnt a great deal from them about using the computer and the internet. Additionally, I also learnt of the unravelling of their vocabulary of abbreviations. One such term was GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out!
The phrase was used to point out that computers mechanically process the most ridiculous of input data (garbage in) and produce nonsensical output (garbage out). The term was most popular in the early days of computing, but applies even more today, when even impressive computers spew out loads of erroneous information in a short time.
GIGO is also used to describe failures in human decision making due to faulty, incomplete, or imprecise data. We involve in a tendency to put excessive trust in information on the internet. If we allow ourselves to blindly accept unsubstantiated information, surely we will spew out similar nonsense. We need to apply our critical thinking at all times to be better at ensuring that we do not suffer the GIGO syndrome... or change the context to Good In, Good Out!
‘Garbage in, Garbage out’ is a regressive inclination...
Let’s BE BETTER at the critically thoughtful actions!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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