The following two links I have stumbled across in the last few days, oddly enough, seem to have some relevance to a couple of topics discussed here lately. I pass them along for consideration & discussion by the rest of you:
1. The NYT has been discussing the problems of using "unidentified sources" & the effect it has on credibility. The memo at the link below reminded me of the perenniel problem of quoting one's sources, & avoiding weasel words of the form ``Some people believe"
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/11/11/siegal_mem.h...
2. Groklaw has a review of the book _The Wisdom of Crowds_ by James Surowiecki, wherein he argues that when used intelligently a group of more-or-less average people can produce more accurate results than a team of experts -- much like a Wiki
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041107180408325
Geoff