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Just because it's printed in a book doesn't mean it's any more factual than any other source of information. Many studies and reviews have found Wikipedia to be
by observationist 3y ago
Just because it's printed in a book doesn't mean it's any more factual than any other source of information. Many studies and reviews have found Wikipedia to be more accurate overall than Encyclopedia Britannica. In fact, because it's in a book, it's harder to correct, and more insidious because of opinions like the one you just expressed.
In both cases, you should not treat the information as canonically or authoritatively accurate or factual. Biases, gaps, outright lies and fabrication exist in any large collection of human writing.
- breck 3y ago> Many studies and reviews have found Wikipedia to be more accurate overall than Encyclopedia Britannica I'm not doubting this, but do you have citations?
- RandallBrown 3y agoI realize this isn't the most unbiased source, but it does have lots of citations with studies comparing Wikipedia and Britannica. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
- wolverine876 3y agoThat comment is an amazing demonstration of the intellectual failure of Internet users (as you somewhat acknowledge) and the reason Wikipedia is so popular. If you know it's heavily biased, maybe find something else?
- RandallBrown 3y agoThe post I'm replying to was asking for a list of citations where Wikipedia was equally accurate to Encyclopedia Britannica. That wiki article has several of those citations (as well as Britannica's attempted refutations). I understand that you can't read every link in a comment, but you certainly don't have to post a comment like this if you haven't at least looked into what I posted.
- wolverine876 3y agoI'm not sure how that addresses the bias issue, which was what I was talking about.
- RandallBrown 3y agoI don't think the wikipedia article is heavily biased.
- exe34 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia
- wolverine876 3y agoIt's not a book; Britannica is a website now. They might sell you some books if you try, but that's not what they are editing for or producing. Britannica's advantage is that it's written by experts and edited by professionals. If I want knowledge - for business, for my health, for legal, accounting, car repair, IT - I ask experts. There are downsides - it's not nearly as large as Wikipedia, and it doesn't engage the crowd. But I know someone with expertise verified the facts, and the completeness, correctness, and consistency (the three C's of accuracy) of each article.