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The article, and the current Wikipedia article, are careful to stick to the facts: "Note: In 2009, an anonymous medical doctor edited the 'Optic Radiation' Wiki
by mannykannot 4y ago
The article, and the current Wikipedia article, are careful to stick to the facts: "Note: In 2009, an anonymous medical doctor edited the 'Optic Radiation' Wikipedia article and added the eponymous name 'Baum's loop,' referring to the dorsal bundle. Despite the information being unverified, this name subsequently entered scholarly articles and textbooks and persisted until three radiologists discovered the fabrication in 2020." We are being invited to draw our own conclusions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_radiation
- userbinator 4y agoIt's worth noting that "Fibers from the inferior retina" have already been named "Mayer's loop" or "Archambault's loop", while "Fibers from the superior retina" haven't, so perhaps he decided to give the other one a name (his own) upon realising that.
- DebtDeflation 4y agoThe bigger take away is that "scholarly articles and textbooks" in the field of Medicine are sourcing their information from Wikipedia.
- aaroninsf 4y ago"Fabrication" is sure doing some heavy lifting in classic passive-aggressive Wikipedia editorspeak.