Class today was very enjoyable. I really enjoyed the conversation about the credibility and usefulness of Wikipedia in the classroom. While I personally believe Wikipedia to be a (mostly) reputable source, I understand that others do not. Something Robert said sticks with me: If you don't trust Wikipedia, you are basically saying that you don't trust people. This is such a great point. Every person, website and publication has a bias; Wikipedia is not unique in this matter.
Looking into websites to distinguish credibility, I explored this one on the Illuminati to find a bad website: http://www.boogles.com/local/Illuminati/
It is obviously created by a person with a particular bias. The information is not cited and therefore cannot be trusted. Is this person a scholar? A nut job? A conspiracy theorist? We cannot tell.
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