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Maybe it's poor phrasing, and the incredulity was about Google's ability to accomplish such a goal?

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It's actually just dumb. It's not like Google ever pioneered any endeavour. They've merely done what Altavista and Yahoo did, only better.

Equally, they don't actually connect all the world's information. Just sections of it where it's profitable to do so.