Well, on the other hand, a million people can think that 2+2=5; that doesn't make the one guy wrong who is screaming that its actually 4. Democratized knowledge is relativism in its purist form.
I see your point but the elite control of knowledge also has its dangers one of which is everyone but those in power knowing 2 + 2 = 4 and still saying it is 5 because that is how you keep your job. (or life.) Academics have a tendency read by the lamp of their conceit it is to see them play by other rules. Full disclosure I am a published Academic and Wikipedian.
Oh yeah the article on race and intelligence is a den of racists. The math section as amazing though. I tend to learn more from the talk pages on the controversial stuff. I see it as the Britannica with transparency. I trust it about as much. <-not completely but I am pretty sure they get the capital of Burundi right.