維基百科的方針是所有的條目應該以中立的觀點(Neutral Point Of View)寫作:沒有偏向(Bias),公平的陳述所有的觀點。按照維基百科的創始人吉米·威爾斯的說法,中立的觀點是「絕對的和無可爭辯的」(absolute and non-negotiable)。
「絕對的和無可爭辯的」卻不一定是中立?
。只有在不同利益群體的討論、爭論、協商、談判的過程中,才能產生對于某時某地比較合適、可行、可接受的解決方案。這樣的解決方案一定不是簡單模仿來的(屬于知識學習),而是化生出來的(屬于知識創造)。
Here’s a wacky idea: How about making government a model for natural, responsible, community-based sustainable enterprise? Yes, of course, government is currently bureaucratic, unresponsive, and inefficient. And it’s not especially effective either.
什麼可以取代無人性的、導致生態滅絕的現行體制?
So, like motherhood and apple pie, Evidence-Based Decision-Making is a great idea. But what evidence, according to whose interpretation, arrived at how, in what context, assessed through what decision-making process, and including whom?
"Large groups of diverse individuals will make more intelligent decisions than even the most skilled decision-maker."