As we know there are variety realem and tons of information on wikipedia now. We cannot imagine how many users using wikipedia. Furthermore, we cannot figure out how they are thinking about evverything. In this reasons, wikipedia is always expose to danger of inaccuracy.
However, from variety of using wikipedia, we can get what we called ‘collectiv intelligence’ Far more to become accuracy sum of informaiton or quantity of informaion is compulsory needed. That is concept of Big Data. It heared like contradictionary, yet the more information gathered, the clearer direction nature are deducted beacause when lots of information gathered, there must be remained variety of discussion angles. In fact this is core point of dialectic, thesis-antithesis-synthesis. By doing so each information improved automaticly. Finally we can get pure, accurate, high quality information.
According to our class, we can regard wikipedia as a result of collective intelligence. we already discuss about power point of collectiv intelligence, there is no doubt to trust to wikipedia any more.
Your mention 'yet the more information gathered, the clearer direction nature are deducted ' totally reminded of a book that I read 3 years ago, 'The wisdom of crowd'. I was doubtful if that world would ever come to happen, but now I am seeing and experiencing! I think that's one of the main reasons that Wikipedia can be trustworthy.
ReplyDeleteI would like to read that book, named "The wisdom of crowd".
DeleteThere must be a crisis or weak point when crowd gathered, but surely there are also power, great idea come out, too.