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AI helped me realize why I have always read and referred to Wikipedia so little. Don't get me wrong. Wikipedia is a GREAT resource that the world absolutely ne
by johnnyApplePRNG 1y ago
AI helped me realize why I have always read and referred to Wikipedia so little.
Don't get me wrong. Wikipedia is a GREAT resource that the world absolutely needs.
But it's a horribly boring "read" when it comes to human consumption.
It's an encyclopedia. A list of facts.
When I want to learn something about a particular topic, I rarely ever want to read a list of facts.
- delta_p_delta_x 1y ago> But it's a horribly boring "read" when it comes to human consumption. I couldn't possibly disagree more. The website I visit most often after Reddit and HN is Wikipedia, and I often spend hours just diving through article after article. Learning facts is fun.
- johnnyApplePRNG 1y agoLearning facts is extremely fun. It's just not fun reading them as a list of facts. I am not a computer. I enjoy reading prose.
- delta_p_delta_x 1y ago> prose I must be reading a different Wikipedia, then, because all the articles I read are prose, rather than a bulleted list of facts as you claim.