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| The Truth According To Wikipedia |
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The Truth according to Wikipedia
More info on
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/tegenlicht/aflev
eringen/39405191/ (Dutch)
Google or Wikipedia? Those of us who search
online -- and who doesn't? -- are getting
referred more and more to Wikipedia. For the
past two years, this free online
"encyclopedia of the people" has been topping
the lists of the world's most popular
websites. But do we really know what we're
using? Backlight plunges into the story
behind Wikipedia and explores the wonderful
world of Web 2.0. Is it a revolution, or pure
hype?
Director IJsbrand van Veelen goes looking for
the truth behind Wikipedia. Only five people
are employed by the company, and all its
activities are financed by donations and
subsidies. The online encyclopedia that
everyone can contribute to and revise is now
even bigger than the illustrious Encyclopedia
Britannica.
Does this spell the end for traditional
institutions of knowledge such as Britannica?
And should we applaud this development as
progress or mourn it as a loss? How reliable
is Wikipedia? Do "the people" really hold the
lease on wisdom? And since when do we believe
that information should be free for all?
In this film, "Wikipedians," the folks who
spend their days writing and editing
articles, explain how the online encyclopedia
works. In addition, the parties involved
discuss Wikipedia's ethics and quality of
content. It quickly becomes clear that there
are camps of both believers and critics.
Wiki's Truth introduces us to the main
players in the debate: Jimmy Wales (founder
and head Wikipedian), Larry Sanger
(co-founder of Wikipedia, now head of Wiki
spin-off Citizendium), Andrew Keen (author of
The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet
Is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting Our
Economy), Phoebe Ayers (a Wikipedian in
California), Ndesanjo Macha (Swahili
Wikipedia, digital activist), Tim O'Reilly
(CEO of O'Reilly Media, the "inventor" of Web
2.0), Charles Leadbeater (philosopher and
author of We Think, about crowdsourcing), and
Robert McHenry (former editor-in-chief of
Encyclopedia Britannica). Opening is a video
by Chris Pirillo.
The questions surrounding Wikipedia lead to a
bigger discussion of Web 2.0, a phenomenon in
which the user determines the content.
Examples include YouTube, MySpace, Facebook,
and Wikipedia. These sites would appear to
provide new freedom and opportunities for
undiscovered talent and unheard voices, but
just where does the boundary lie between
expert and amateur? Who will survive
according to the laws of this new "digital
Darwinism"? Are equality and truth really
reconcilable ideals? And most importantly,
has the Internet brought us wisdom and truth,
or is it high time for a cultural
counterrevolution?
Broadcast date: April 7, 2008
Direction: IJsbrand van Veelen
Interviews: IJsbrand van Veelen / Marijntje
Denters / Martijn Kieft
Research: William de Bruijn / Marijntje
Denters
Production: Judith van den Berg
Commissioning editors: Jos de Putter / Doke
Romeijn
Tags : wikipedia web 2.0 keen o'reilly encyclopedia truth wales sanger macha leadbeater knowledge expert cult amateur internet |
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Affichage : 47554
Durée : 2892 s |
| Star Wars according to a 3 year old. |
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02/26/08 Update: Wow. What was expected to
be a short movie that would circulate within
a small circle of friends has turned into
something much more very quickly. I'm
thrilled that so many people have enjoyed
this video but also somewhat mortified that I
added this without my daughter's knowledge or
consent. Maybe someday she will find some
humor in it.
Comments: Have been disabled. I think they
have run their course. To those who have
sent positive comments, thank you very much.
You've made us appreciate what we have even
more than we already do. To those of you
who've said you've changed your mind about
having children, well, have at it. :)
Business inquiries/agents: Thanks for your
interest. At the current time we have no
intention of exposing our little one to the
destroyer of youth that is the entertainment
industry (with the exception of Star Wars,
heh). Hopefully if she chooses to follow
this path on her own someday she will find a
door still open for her.
Other things:
She has never seen Pokemon so I don't think
she's making a reference to the ball on that
show. I think she just means pokey ball as
in "a ball that is pokey." (And yes, I know
what the pokey balls really are! Stop
emailing :) )
Three year olds can't read. I'm sure there
are exceptions to that rule.
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Here is my daughter, age 3, explaining the
plot of Star Wars Episode IV.
She explained the whole movie to me in much
greater detail but unfortunately I didn't
have the camera going. When I finally caught
her talking about the movie again she
delivered this truncated, but still funny,
version.
Edit: Thank you all for the nice comments.
Maybe I will print them out for her and
someday and when she's all growed up she'll
get to read them herself.
A little more about the video: She wasn't
coached to say anything, nor was she forced
to make the video. She rarely stops talking.
Those of you with children understand this:
sometimes it's harder to turn the faucet off
than to turn the faucet on.
Believe it or not, she has the seem the movie
only once, and I spread it out over 3 days so
it wouldn't be too much all at once for her.
The video was edited to make it shorter, more
cohesive and hopefully funnier. I did move
some of the lines around so it would make
more sense.
Tags : star wars according to child year old explaining plot kid in one minute |
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Durée : 90 s |
| The Gospel According to the Heretic Pelagius (WHI) |
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WARNING: Jesse Morrell who is here on
Youtube under the screen name of JesseMorrell
( http://youtube.com/user/JesseMorrell ) is a
vigorous proponent of Pelagian's heresies.
He has such an affinity for Pelagius and his
heresies that he is on record for saying,
"I think some people will be surprised when
they see that Charles Finney is in Heaven but
Augustine and John Calvin are in hell."
He then provides an example of what the
logical outcome of Pelagianism will lead a
person to (self-righteousness):
"Honestly, my heart is right before God."
Here, we learn that the heart which is
"deceitful above all things and desperately
wicked" of which the Holy Spirit inspired
Jeremiah to ask the rhetorical question, "Who
can know it?" (Jer. 17:9) has apparently been
figured out by Mr. Morrell as evidenced by
his claim that he knows his heart is right
before God. You can read these quotes here
for yourself along with others he has made:
http://youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_commen
ts&v=Ff1l_xqSTJI&fromurl=/watch%3Fv%3DFf1l_xq
STJI
Beware of the theology put forth by his
Youtube channel. It is not Biblical.
Pelagianism is a theological theory named
after Pelagius (ca. 354 -- ca. 420/440). It
is the belief that original sin did not taint
human nature (which God called very good),
and that mortal will is still capable of
choosing good or evil without Divine aid.
Thus, Adam's sin was "to set a bad example"
for his progeny, but his actions did not have
the other consequences imputed to Original
Sin. Pelagianism views the role of Jesus as
"setting a good example" for the rest of
humanity (thus counteracting Adam's bad
example). In short, humanity has full
control, and thus full responsibility, for
its own salvation in addition to full
responsibility for every sin (the latter
insisted upon by both proponents and
opponents of Pelagianism). According to
Pelagian doctrine, because humanity does not
require God's grace for salvation (beyond the
creation of will), Jesus' execution is devoid
of the redemptive quality ascribed to it by
orthodox Christian theology.
- Wikipedia (pelagianism)
Here's Augustine's Anti-Pelagian writings for
free download:
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf105.html
Here are the creeds of the Council of Orange
who condemned Pelagius' teachings:
http://www.creeds.net/ancient/orange.htm
http://www.whitehorseinn.org
Tags : jessemorrell pelagius charles finney heresy free will pelagianism augustine calvinism white horse inn |
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