Comments on: Wikipedia and the Natural Selection of Truth http://www.chriskenton.com/2009/08/wikipedia-and-the-natural-selection-of-truth.html Marketing AND Technology AND Society Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:24:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Chris Kenton http://www.chriskenton.com/2009/08/wikipedia-and-the-natural-selection-of-truth.html/comment-page-1#comment-1365 Chris Kenton Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:50:07 +0000 http://www.chriskenton.com/?p=627#comment-1365 @Rob I think you nailed a big part of the challenge right there. Wikipedia is supposed to be a reference source--a resource you turn to with confidence that it's accurate and true. But it's been reduced to point/counter-point, and judging from what we're seeing in media, especially in the realm of politics, even basic facts are no longer objective if there's someone willing to argue against it. @Rob

I think you nailed a big part of the challenge right there. Wikipedia is supposed to be a reference source–a resource you turn to with confidence that it’s accurate and true. But it’s been reduced to point/counter-point, and judging from what we’re seeing in media, especially in the realm of politics, even basic facts are no longer objective if there’s someone willing to argue against it.

]]> By: Rob Macdonald http://www.chriskenton.com/2009/08/wikipedia-and-the-natural-selection-of-truth.html/comment-page-1#comment-1364 Rob Macdonald Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:43:37 +0000 http://www.chriskenton.com/?p=627#comment-1364 Perhaps the op ed section of newspapers gives a format that can apply to Wikipedia. "Point/Counter-Point". How seriously we take the differing points of view is another matter. As humorist Dave Barry said, newspaper columnists can wake from a dead sleep and vociferate passionately about any issue from either side of the issue, depending on what their editor wants represented. Perhaps the op ed section of newspapers gives a format that can apply to Wikipedia. “Point/Counter-Point”. How seriously we take the differing points of view is another matter. As humorist Dave Barry said, newspaper columnists can wake from a dead sleep and vociferate passionately about any issue from either side of the issue, depending on what their editor wants represented.

]]> By: Patricia http://www.chriskenton.com/2009/08/wikipedia-and-the-natural-selection-of-truth.html/comment-page-1#comment-1362 Patricia Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:22:24 +0000 http://www.chriskenton.com/?p=627#comment-1362 loving the navel-gazing already loving the navel-gazing already

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