The whole concept of "truth" is a bit fishy in the first place. This is obviously an extreme case, but there are lots of edge cases, where something that is fac

The whole concept of "truth" is a bit fishy in the first place. This is obviously an extreme case, but there are lots of edge cases, where something that is fact for one person may be ludicrous to another. What makes Wikipedia different than Merriam-Webster, is that you don't know (easily at least) who the author is, and thus you can't verify the purposed facts. This makes the source less scientific.