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It strikes me that the wikiolators (i.e., those that declaim YDGI) must belileve they're playing at something like Hesse's Glass Bead Game.
-joe 
Or either the beta test of the precursor to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one.
You mean this?
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uncritically accepted as the repository of absolute truth, ..arent'you stretching the point just a little bit? This sounds like bogeyman rhetoric to my ears.
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uncritically accepted as the repository of absolute truth, ..arent'you stretching the point just a little bit? This sounds like bogeyman rhetoric to my ears.
I didn't say that everybody feels that way, but wikiolaters do, and there are plenty of them.
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Wikipedia accurate as Britannica--AP circa Dec 15
...is about as accurate in covering scientific topics as Encyclopedia Britannica, the journal Nature wrote...[using] peer review....Based on 42 articles reviewed by experts
Of eight "serious errors" the reviewers found--including misinterpretations of important concepts, four came from each source....
...the free service...having the speed and breadth to keep up on topics....not covered in Britannica
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Don't Panic shirts/towels
High quality silkscreen 100s of other new and retro designs
www.mondotees.com
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Wikipedia accurate as Britannica--AP circa Dec 15
...is about as accurate in covering scientific topics as Encyclopedia Britannica, the journal Nature wrote...[using] peer review....Based on 42 articles reviewed by experts
Of eight "serious errors" the reviewers found--including misinterpretations of important concepts, four came from each source....
...the free service...having the speed and breadth to keep up on topics....not covered in Britannica
It turns out that Nature may itself have been a very naughty mag on this survey. It's certainly got Britannica rather cross:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/23/britannica_wikipedia_nature_study/
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That's the most appalling scandal that Nature concocted. I am genuinely stunned at how such a reputable journal can have sunk so low. 
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That's the most appalling scandal that Nature concocted. I am genuinely stunned at how such a reputable journal can have sunk so low.
I've just started reading the PDF from Britannica - wow are they mad!! But Nature's sticking to their guns, with a tersely dismissive response of their own, on their website.
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