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I've skimmed through Bitcoin article on RationalWiki and phrases like "The use case of the currency is purchasing illicit goods (e.g., drugs and stolen data on
by avmich 9y ago
I've skimmed through Bitcoin article on RationalWiki and phrases like
"The use case of the currency is purchasing illicit goods (e.g., drugs and stolen data on darknet marketsWikipedia's W.svg) and darknet scams (e.g., murder-for-hire)[10][11] and extortion (e.g., "ransomware", for which it is the currency of choice[12]).[13]"
make me doubtful.
- petre 9y agoRationalWiki looks pretty much like a troll enterprise disguised as an encyclopedia.
- AstralStorm 9y agoPoe's law at work. It is quite a genuine extremist wiki, only a bit of troll.
- cholantesh 9y agoSkepticism is extremist now? Is that because it is not practiced enough or because expressing it hurts people's feelings?
- vibratoo 9y agoJust pick your side and get polarized into fruitless, shrill conflict like the rest of the world.
- cholantesh 9y agoThis is a misrepresentation, but I still enjoy that you created an account to disparage behaviour that you're exhibiting yourself.
- hoofish 9y agoskepticism is not extremist, but RW editors are extremists
- lawless123 9y agoit's handy for dodgy medicine, if you see some weird "Miracle cure" or diet etc Rational Wiki usually already has en explanation with citations as to why it's bullshit woo.
- mrout 9y agoThat's pretty much true though
- ue_ 9y agoIt's worth noting that RationalWiki can be extremely biased on certain topics, to outright unresearched and amateur content on others. I would be careful taking anything from RW (or Wikipedia, but to a lesser extent) at face value. https://xkcd.com/906/ https://xkcd.com/906/