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Brittanica Fires Back at Wikipedia

by Simon Chester
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As a footnote to the earlier posting on Wikipedia and Ted’s follow-up, Encyclopedia Brittanica shot back today with a comprehensive rebuttal to the earlier Nature article.

« Previous: Oral Arguments and Footnotes Next: Continuous Partial Attention »

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