Thursday, February 15, 2007

Wikireality

100 Minimum number of U.S. judicial rulings that have cited the collaborative online encyclopedia Wikipedia since 2004.
13 Number of times that circuit courts of appeal, one step below the Supreme Court, have cited Wikipedia.
~ TIME Magazine, Feburary 12, 2007

Wikireality is a new word I saw on CNN and TIME. They've added the word due to the popularity of Wikipedia. Basically that means - reality by popular opinion. I like Wikipedia, for lite stuff. Yet for serious stuff, given that everyone believe the earth was flat before...

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