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Information May Want to Be Free, But Is That Always Beneficial?

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Stephen Francoeur

Today’s New York Times carried a front-page story (below the fold) reporting on yet another Wikipedia controversy. An ER doctor in Canada added all ten images from the Rorschach inkblot test to the Wikipedia entry for “Rorschach test.” Typically, the distribution of educational and psychological test materials is limited to qualified professionals, lest wider dispersion of such assessment and measurement tools lead to people learning how to game the tests and render the tools useless.

To really delve into the issue beyond where the Times article takes it, take a look at the discussion page for the “Rorschach test” entry in Wikipedia.

Cohen, Noam. “Has Wikipedia Created a Rorschach Cheat Sheet?” The New York Times, 29 July 2009. Web. 29 July 2009.

“Rorschach test.” Wikipedia, 29 July 2009. Web. 29 July 2009.

“Talk:Rorschach test.” Wikipedia, 29 July 2009. Web. 29 July 2009.

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Conference on Ethics of Information Organization

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Stephen Francoeur

Until I stumbled on this conference program today, it didn’t occur to me that there might be a whole conference devoted to discussing the ethical issues relating to the way that information is organized All of the presentations from this May 22-23, 2009, event are available as videos, which is a really cool thing for conference organizers to offer.

“Conference Program.” The Ethics of Information Organization, n.d. Web. 9 July 2009.

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