Playing cat and mouse with the truth to save a life...
What leads you to believe that ANYTHING you read in cyberspace
is the truth? You'd probably trust me to relate something that I'd
directly experienced, but everything else has to be taken with a grain of
salt.
Does that mean I'm not a trusted source? Yes, of course it does if I
manifestly am passing on received wisdom. "Consider the source" is
always the wisest policy.
There is such a thing as information warfare. I am acutely aware of
this. Professional encyclopedists (is that a word?) tend to be critical
of Wikipedia, but studies have shown that it's mostly pretty accurate.
In areas where I have considerable professional or experiential expertise,
it's rather hit or miss. I would say that it's rather weak on current
events,
for example. It IS updated very, very, rapidly.
But is it accurate, and how would we know if it wasn't? There's no
guarantee. If you want an authority, whip one out ala Woody Allen
in "Annie Hall."
I am suspecting the Taliban aren't relying on Wikipedia or the New
York Times as military intelligence sources. Sure they read them, I would
if I were on their staff. But I wouldn't recommend strategy or
tactics based on what I saw in the Western media.
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