tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post7502700582428200371..comments2023-10-08T15:51:17.426+00:00Comments on Beyond Necessity: How the left conquered WikipediaEdward Ockhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-37651787888943645012011-08-23T11:10:06.510+00:002011-08-23T11:10:06.510+00:00>>in the end it boils down to:
"By defi...>>in the end it boils down to:<br />"By definition, more authority was granted to individuals with the significant free time to devote to a volunteer, utopian endeavor to shape the world’s information into a unified “consensus.” By and large such individuals are more likely to be leftists than the general population."<br />which in turn really boils down to:<br />"wikipedia is edited by the people who edit it".<br /><<<br /><br />It doesn’t boil down to that, because it contains the assumption that individuals with significant free time to devote to a volunteer, utopian endeavor to shape the world’s information into a unified “consensus” are more likely to be leftists. Whereas your boiled down bit "wikipedia is edited by the people who edit it" would be true even if everyone who edited Wikipedia read the Daily Mail.Edward Ockhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583379503310147119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21308815.post-3422606152919037792011-08-23T10:41:16.979+00:002011-08-23T10:41:16.979+00:00It isn't a very insightful analysis, in the en...It isn't a very insightful analysis, in the end it boils down to:<br /><br />"By definition, more authority was granted to individuals with the significant free time to devote to a volunteer, utopian endeavor to shape the world’s information into a unified “consensus.” By and large such individuals are more likely to be leftists than the general population."<br /><br />which in turn really boils down to:<br /><br />"wikipedia is edited by the people who edit it".<br /><br />The bit about "more authority" is wrong, of course, and the article contains numerous other errors, but the basic "why" really does appear to be that simple.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.com