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They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But it takes more effort to confirm a tangible source than one on the internet?

[โ€“] Urist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really. Just sail the high seas with Library Genesis or Sci-Hub. The nature of being published is being non-editable, a digital copy is an okay compromise.

EDIT: There is an issue of trust in piracy, though hardly in practice, but Open Access should help with this.