Right, this is a huge problem. Wikipedia does not stick to purely scientific topics this pages become hotly debated and political. This isn’t a partisan thing, you can find examples going both ways, but since Wikipedia is not a telling of sourced facts[1] and can not be expected to cover all topics elaborately it has inadvertently controlled the flow of peoples understanding and id say even interests.

1. it actually has policy against this to make understanding sources simpler to the layman for any topic.