Develop an inexpensive and effective cure for cancer first.
Oh, of course! Why didn't we think of that sooner? We'll just whip that up and call you in the morning.
He's trying to promote it as a means of helping people who have difficulty accessing potable water.
Texas, just a few years from now.
Sometimes there are benefits to a fad that we don't really see as developers. In my industry we call them "press release features". They may feel useless or even degrading to be developing, but they can have actual monetary value. For example a bank in the US just made a big splash by announcing that they will "support iBeacons". How will they be supporting iBeacons? I have no idea. I'm not sure that even they know. It's not important. What's important is that they got a lot of media attention, and give themselves a veneer of progressiveness.
What if they believe that Wikipedia has some huge bias and are spreading propaganda
Seeming how Wikipedia has already been accused of bias in the past, I see this as a very relevant example.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein