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by chrisdirkis
2350 days ago
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I honestly struggle to reconcile what I read in the linked wiki article with what your comment mentions. "Systemic Bias"[1] doesn't seem to match with "reality is modified by your age, your...". One can understand a possible path that goes "xyz information source is biased", "xyz info source isn't suitable for abc group", and "xyz info source is specific to xyz people, we need our own abc source". However, that seems to require a few assumptions? And still isn't as negative as that youtube video linked. Would appreciate if you could elucidate on your views. [1] (please forgive the scare quotes) |
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> The average Wikipedian on the English Wikipedia is ... (some characteristics)
This builds to conclusion:
> The systemic bias of the English Wikipedia is permanent. As long as the demographic of English speaking Wikipedians is not identical to the world's demographic composition, the version of the world presented in the English Wikipedia will always be the Anglophone Wikipedian's version of the world.
I don't see how you get to that conclusion form the premise other than by thinking that reality is modified by personal characteristics.
If there is an Anglophone Wikipedian's version of the world which includes things like gravity and science - then it is not valid for Africa (as the woman in the video is expressing) as Africa is not the Anglophone world ... not sure what about this is not clear.
And it absolutely is as bad as that youtube video I linked - you think that poor unfortunate woman came up with that drivel on her own? She is not nearly dumb enough - no single person can be that stupid.
You need years of academic circle jerking and hand picking of the dumbest arguments from the dumbest people to come up with something that stupid.