I'm glad it's not just me with the search results. Hopefully someone's doing something about it somewhere.
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Just because a lot of people are stupid and a lot of people can't use computers doesn't mean Google should be dumbed down and made more difficult to use for smart people.
Why not? Dumbed down just means easier to use and, except in the (many) cases where doing it the hard way has some intrinsic value, surely that's a good thing?
Computers aren't a hobby for most people like they are for us. They don't want to learn things about computers and their applications in order to do the things they want to do with computers. The vast majority of computer users now are like that and for those people the defaults are correct.
I was obviously being flippant with the 'most people are stupid' thing. I don't think intelligence has anything to do with it. I don't really believe in intelligence as an abstract thing at all. I just meant people who, whether because of a lack of interest, lack of skill/ability/aptitude or whatever are not good with computers, which I believe accounts for the majority of people who use them.