[WikiEN-l] Scott McCloud on Wikipedia

[William Pietri]

Stan Shebs wrote:
> Philip Sandifer wrote:
>   
>> There is no good mechanism to have an encyclopedia written by idiots.  
>>   
>>     
> I would looove to see that reminder posted on every edit page!
>
> But practically speaking, one of the problems I see is that idiots are 
> not usually self-aware [...]


For those interested in the topic, it turns out there's good evidence 
for that:

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf

It's titled "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in 
Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments."

Particularly relevant is the graph on page 4.

William

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