Wednesday, January 10, 2007
wikialities
"You see, any user can change any entry, and if enough other users agree with them, it becomes true. ... If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way. And it can, thanks to tonight's word: Wikiality. Now, folks, I'm no fan of reality, and I'm no fan of encyclopedias. I've said it before. Who is Britannica to tell me that George Washington had slaves? If I want to say he didn't, that's my right. And now, thanks to Wikipedia, it's also a fact. We should apply these principles to all information. All we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true. ... What we're doing is bringing democracy to knowledge." Colbert on wikiality.
Face it, we live in times were truth is now driven by consensus as opposed to fact :)
In other news, the Didler is in town so I lookforward to a C&D session soon...
Face it, we live in times were truth is now driven by consensus as opposed to fact :)
In other news, the Didler is in town so I lookforward to a C&D session soon...