Wkipedia vs. Encyclopedia Britannica

Wikipedia is not well respected publicly by academics because anyone can edit it. They always point to its errors; ignoring any errors we might find in World Book or Encyclopedia Britannica. Yet, Wikipedia is popular. Why?

Joshua Neff has devised the perfect answer using the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as his example. I'll not repeat it here, but will let you go to his blog for the explanation. As I commented there, its "brilliant!"

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