Wikipedia has become the invisible editor-in-chief of the digital age. Its millions of entries sit at the top of Google search results, supply answers to Siri and Alexa, and help train leading artificial-intelligence models. For most people, it’s become the default reference library of modern life.
What most users of these “downstream” platforms don’t see is that Wikipedia has a distinct worldview — one that often stands in quiet opposition to the convictions of billions of religious believers.
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