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consumer451 • today at 9:45 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Of course it has faults, but so did the Library of Alexandria. However, can anyone argue that Wikipedia is not our best attempt at collective facts?

Of course agreeing on collective facts is extremely messy.

Show me a better attempt, please.


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alcuin • today at 10:27 PM

Fair to assume that the library of Alexandria contained books written by the most erudite scholars and philosophers of their day, not Joe and Jane and their cohort of terminally online gatekeepers.

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nxm • today at 10:21 PM

As long as we acknowledge its limitations and biases