Comments on: Ask Dr. Wiki? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: KoKo http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76237 KoKo Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76237 "One of the professors plagiarized* entire sections from wikipedia in Pharmacology"<br/><br/>How do you know it wasn't the other way around?? “One of the professors plagiarized* entire sections from wikipedia in Pharmacology”

How do you know it wasn’t the other way around??

]]> By: KoKo http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76236 KoKo Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76236 "so terribly convenient when preparing lecture materials."<br/><br/>Cop-out?? “so terribly convenient when preparing lecture materials.”

Cop-out??

]]> By: RJS http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76224 RJS Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76224 I don't know that those with advanced degrees use it because they need it as much as <em>it's just so terribly convenient</em> when preparing lecture materials.<br/><br/>Control-C. Control-V.<br/><br/>Weee! I don’t know that those with advanced degrees use it because they need it as much as it’s just so terribly convenient when preparing lecture materials.

Control-C. Control-V.

Weee!

]]> By: KoKo http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76194 KoKo Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:32:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76194 I should have added, that anyone with a graduate degree should be ashamed of himself/herself for having to use Wikipedia information.<br/><br/>Bah! I should have added, that anyone with a graduate degree should be ashamed of himself/herself for having to use Wikipedia information.

Bah!

]]> By: KoKo http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76193 KoKo Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76193 Ms. Au Quote:<br/><br/>"I love me some internet, and I don't know how people did research and traded information without it."<br/><br/><br/>Well, Ms.Au science progressed very nicely, before there was an internet, thanks to the libraries usually found at major universities and medical schools, and which<br/>very nicely subscribe to many, many,many research and medical journals.<br/><br/>Some of us ( oldtimers!) like to read journals that we can hold in our hands.<br/><br/>I have a secret...that's lots of scientific/medical information that is NOT available to internet users.<br/><br/>Hmmm! Ms. Au Quote:

“I love me some internet, and I don’t know how people did research and traded information without it.”

Well, Ms.Au science progressed very nicely, before there was an internet, thanks to the libraries usually found at major universities and medical schools, and which
very nicely subscribe to many, many,many research and medical journals.

Some of us ( oldtimers!) like to read journals that we can hold in our hands.

I have a secret…that’s lots of scientific/medical information that is NOT available to internet users.

Hmmm!

]]> By: OBG http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76189 OBG Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76189 I love Wikis! If there are enough hands on it (to make one giant "invisible hand"), the inaccuracy you give up at the micro level is more than made up for by macro efficiency:<br/><br/>http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2005/12/the_probabilist.html<br/><br/>I love that post.<br/><br/>Of course, you'd want to double-check your facts, but wouldn't you anyway? Regardless the source. I love Wikis! If there are enough hands on it (to make one giant “invisible hand”), the inaccuracy you give up at the micro level is more than made up for by macro efficiency:

http://www.thelongtail.com/the_long_tail/2005/12/the_probabilist.html

I love that post.

Of course, you’d want to double-check your facts, but wouldn’t you anyway? Regardless the source.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76188 Anonymous Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76188 hmm. i ve used wiki many times. great place to find obscure information. from european history to information on the details of medication. its not a bad place. i would consult it and i am a physician. i dont think id take any recommendations for patient care from there. but i would certainly think you could learn a few things about the mechanisms of action and minor pharmacology as well as other things. i am a real big fan of wiki. of course. things like dosing info i woudl recommend you get from somewhere else. but for the hard facts. wiki is a real great place. <br/>this is the second blog ive seen trying to bash wiki. hmm. i ve used wiki many times. great place to find obscure information. from european history to information on the details of medication. its not a bad place. i would consult it and i am a physician. i dont think id take any recommendations for patient care from there. but i would certainly think you could learn a few things about the mechanisms of action and minor pharmacology as well as other things. i am a real big fan of wiki. of course. things like dosing info i woudl recommend you get from somewhere else. but for the hard facts. wiki is a real great place.
this is the second blog ive seen trying to bash wiki.

]]> By: RJS http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html/comment-page-1#comment-76186 RJS Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/ask-dr-wiki.html#comment-76186 One of the professors plagiarized* entire sections from wikipedia in Pharmacology. I don't know what, if anything, happened to him.<br/><br/>* Is it possible to "plagiarize" something anyone can edit? One of the professors plagiarized* entire sections from wikipedia in Pharmacology. I don’t know what, if anything, happened to him.

* Is it possible to “plagiarize” something anyone can edit?

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