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"get used to going to the—gasp—library and reading—cringe—books." Which are edited by what? 3 people? 10 people? All sources of information have varying degre
by snprbob86 18y ago
"get used to going to the—gasp—library and reading—cringe—books."
Which are edited by what? 3 people? 10 people?
All sources of information have varying degrees of unreliability. Personally, I trust well-cited Wikipedia articles more than I do most books, journals, and other more academically accepted sources.
This "don't trust Wikipedia" story pops up in various places a few times a year. It just reeks of a bunch of academics trying to justify their existence and shouting at kids to get off their lawns.
- randomwalker 18y agoActually, academics have for the most part grudgingly accepted Wikipedia. You'd be surprised. Some example: From theoretical computer science: http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=367 http://scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=367 From biology: http://scienceroll.com/2008/12/20/rna-biology-journal-and-wikipedia/ http://scienceroll.com/2008/12/20/rna-biology-journal-and-wi... I'm not sure who are these people who still feel threatened by Wikipedia. (The author of this article -- and I use the word article liberally -- is no academic, just a random blogger trying to drum up some pageviews.) In my experience, it's mostly print journalists who're still leery of this whole 'web' thing that tend to have a problem with Wikipedia. Just give them a couple of years, their publications will go bankrupt and they will find other jobs :-)
- PieSquared 18y agoAnd a lot of teachers. (Heh, I've even had some who hate you using Google instead of their paid database subscription)