Fluctuating know-how yet publicly moored

The only constant is change it seems. What society accepts as true today may be false tomorrow and what is good tomorrow may be bad today. Spiro makes the point that Wikipedia is unstable because of its ever changing wealth of information, and the fact that this information isn't always the most accurate. Kinda makes the site sound like a volcano that's just waitin' to blow. However, the shakiness is there all the same.

Personally, I prefer to use Wikipedia to search out other academic sources that might be more reliable, such as published books and articles. That being written, I have no problem using Wikipedia to define terms or events that I'm simply curious about or including it in blogs to help my readers understand a concept a bit more. Wikipedia has a lot of potential to become a great online academic resource, but until the day when only "experts" can edit pages or provide content for it, I very much doubt that it'll be 100% believable.

Who knows? Times are a' changin' and no one can say for sure what'll happen.