Wikipedia breeds ‘unwitting trust’ says IT professor
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Wikipedia breeds ‘unwitting trust’ says IT professor
CI – Apr 14, 2008
2008 18:52 Uhr Wikipedia breeds ‘unwitting trust’ says IT professor “An expert is held accountable if they make a mistake but no one is held accountable for the information available on Wikipedia. People miss the statistical likelihood that a doctor will give you a wrong diagnosis compared with Wikipedia. And people may never be able to tie back false information they use to Wikipedia. ” Lichtenstein warns that if teachers employers and academics continue to accept Wikipedia as a legitimate reference the valuable knowledge of experts will become increasingly disputed and marginalized and inferior knowledge will be learned and applied in the workplace.
Wikipedia breeds ‘unwitting trust’ says IT professor
CI – Apr 14, 2008
2008 18:52 Uhr Wikipedia breeds ‘unwitting trust’ says IT professor Information in a traditional encyclopedia was built up by experts with “recognized credentials and expertise in the field” according to Lichtenstein but Wikipedia in contrast “prides itself on being built by groups of lay citizens rather than traditional experts. ” “While research shows there is an advantage to this it also shows they are not experts in their field and lack the experience to make judgments about what knowledge should be included and what should not.
Despite Silicon Valley ptimism a Disease Resists Cure
New York Times – Apr 14, 2008
Many aspects of the Web 2. 0 movement acclaim the wisdom of crowds. Legions of Web surfers have written articles for.
Social engineers get caught in the Web
EETimes.com – Apr 14, 2008
In that vein Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales once wrote: “The main thing about Wikipedia is that it is fun and addictive. More importantly it offers a place to be solitary and yet social.
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