Reader’s letter: Trust experts, not Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an information website much used by people seeking information, but I would urge some caution in accepting its content.

Google points out that "because Wikipedia cannot be considered a reliable source, the use of Wikipedia is not accepted in many schools and universities in writing a formal paper, and some educational institutions have banned it as a primary source while others have limited its use to only a pointer to external sources."

Indeed, Wikipedia proudly explains that anyone can edit the text, references, and images.

That said, in his letter “Madness to ignore evidence”, M. Bassey quotes Wikipedia to counter my assertions that the Earth's oceans are unlikely to ever become acidic.

Personally, I would prefer to trust my original source, Don Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University who gave this information and much more to a US Senate meeting in 2013.

Readers can watch that here:- https://www.you-tube. com/ watch? v=ofXQdl1FDGk

My letter — Time To Stop The Madness — that sparked this questioning included references to scientists who have opposing views to the current alarmist consensus.

M.Bassey implied that the former science advisor to Barack Obama referred to was a John Holdren.

In fact, I was referring to a physicist and former Provost of California Institute of Technology, Prof Steven Koonin, author of the brilliant book "Unsettled". Another physicist Prof Will Happer was Science Adviser to no less than three US Presidents. Dr Roy Spencer, former Senior Scientist for climate studies at NASA and Dr Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace.

The list goes on, but you are unlikely to hear any of this on mainstream media.

May I suggest another essential watch for readers and especially school students?