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+{{cquote|When I was a child (back in the 80s), I'd often look at something and say to myself "Huh... I wonder how that works!" or "I wonder why it does that!"  I could ask my parents, but they wouldn't always know. (Or know the details of the topic at hand enough to satisfy my curiosity!)
+Now, I live in a household with a child the same age as I was when I became so curious about everything, and I see the same curiosity in him as well!  Because of Wikipedia, when he asks me "Justin, how does 'X' work?" or "Justin, why does 'x' do that?", I can say "I don't know... but we can look it up on Wikipedia."
+... and of course, whenever my still-curious mind seeks knowledge, I know that Wikipedia will be there for me.
+No person should ever stop wondering "Why does it do that?" or "What is that?"... and thanks to Wikipedia, more and more people every year will have the chance to have their questions answered.
+Thank you, Wikipedia and those who created it, you truly are a beacon, spreading the light of knowledge to those who seek it. }}
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 {{cquote|Most of the week I function as an adolescent psychiatrist... One morning each week though I mentor second year medical students for their first "histories and physicals" at the bedside of patients admitted for medical surgical concerns. I was precepting a student in his meeting with a gentleman who was facing bypass surgery in the next few days.  The patient mentioned his "pulmonary function tests" (something I don't deal with on a daily basis!).  I figured I ought to get up to speed on "PFTs" and stopped in the hallway and "Wikipediad" PFTs... and low and behold, in about thirty seconds I had the graspable world of Pulmonary Functions with great graphs and curves in front of me...I was delighted for the crash course.  The attending cardiovascular surgeon  for this patient came walking by...I felt sheepish for stealing the moment to get a crash course from Wikipedia when the surgeon glanced over, said hello with a big smile and peered in and said "dang, i was just going to figure out those respiratory funcion curves myself, can I look in with you!"
 We both savored the update and I was eager to share the pearl of website learning with the medical student.