Blogs vs Wikis

Blogs, to me, are diaries or journals where people can vent about anything or market a product and people can comment on it. It is an outlet where people can get their ideas and innovations across to a large audience in the hopes that people will listen to them. People feel that it is easier to post up their feelings, thoughts, ideas, opinions etc on paper and through the internet rather than in person. People can comment on them but they can't change these ideas.

Wikis are a collaborative source where information can be changed if people believe they know the real answer to them. Wikis are not 100% accurate as for the information in them can be changed as many times as one pleases to. But this is a way people with different ideas and opinions can post on a wiki what they know about a subject.

People in general have egos and feel that they know it all so these wikis can be used to find solutions to serious and fatal diseases such as cancer, aids etc. Scientist can collaborate with one another through the wikis instead of going to conferences to share information. Maybe this will get us one step closer to the cure to fatal diseases.