Why is this interesting? - The Wikipedia Edition
On research, Wikipedia, and circular reporting
Noah here. In an age of hyper information, some sources and citations are not what they seem. They are actually just echos from other bad facts. For example, about a year back I was doing a bunch of research into the Pareto Principle (better known as the 80/20 Rule). Like a lot of my internet digging, I started with some cursory Google searches and, of …
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