If Wikipedia Says It, It Must Be True
April 10th 2008 07:47
Todays group: If Wikipedia Says It, It Must Be True
136,713 members and counting
Group description:
Don't Panic!
Let's face it, if Wikipedia says it's so, then it's irrefutable fact.
A typical day on Wikipedia:
Begin search on a particular, rather general, topic (American Government, Shakespeare, periodic table of elements, etc).
Move on to peripheral article (the US Senate, works of Shakespeare, individual elements).
And so on (the composition of the US Senate in 1834, unpublished works of Shakespeare, the atomic structure of Carbon).
And so forth (the composition of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1721, the unpublished and unverified works of Shakespeare's pet mongoose, the complete molecular breakdown of human feces).
Until finally (the mating habits of the winged man-eating platypus of Timbuktu, strange and exciting facts about fungi, and the precise amount of wood that a woodchuck would chuck -- that is, if a woodchuck *could* chuck wood).
Click Here to see the group (if you are a member of facebook of course)
My thoughts: I love wikipedia, its the encyclopedia of the 21st century. If its not listed on wikipedia then it most likely doesnt exist. I do know that I should be more wary of the infomration I read there as alot of it is not in fcat, the truth, but I its still a fabulous resource on ..well....everything.
136,713 members and counting
Group description:
Don't Panic!
Let's face it, if Wikipedia says it's so, then it's irrefutable fact.
A typical day on Wikipedia:
Begin search on a particular, rather general, topic (American Government, Shakespeare, periodic table of elements, etc).
Move on to peripheral article (the US Senate, works of Shakespeare, individual elements).
And so on (the composition of the US Senate in 1834, unpublished works of Shakespeare, the atomic structure of Carbon).
And so forth (the composition of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1721, the unpublished and unverified works of Shakespeare's pet mongoose, the complete molecular breakdown of human feces).
Until finally (the mating habits of the winged man-eating platypus of Timbuktu, strange and exciting facts about fungi, and the precise amount of wood that a woodchuck would chuck -- that is, if a woodchuck *could* chuck wood).
Click Here to see the group (if you are a member of facebook of course)
My thoughts: I love wikipedia, its the encyclopedia of the 21st century. If its not listed on wikipedia then it most likely doesnt exist. I do know that I should be more wary of the infomration I read there as alot of it is not in fcat, the truth, but I its still a fabulous resource on ..well....everything.
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