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Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by nickolai » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:04 PM UTC

XKCD

    Webcomic
    Comics
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    Visual_perception
    Visible_light
    Electromagnetic_radiation
    Energy
    Physics
    Natural_science
    Science
    Knowledge
    Fact
    Information
    Sequence
    Mathematics
    Quantity
    Property_(philosophy)
    Modern_philosophy
    Philosophy

19 steps to philosophy

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by zephjc » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:15 PM UTC

camtarn wrote: post #5

Hah. The hypothesis is false, but the script already has that covered via loop detection... nice :) panhard Auverland Panhard uh oh... found a loop panhard -> auverland -> panhard. So far the longest trail I've found, at 25 steps, was from 'ED209' via pottery, through minerals, states of matter, knowledge, finite sets, mathematics... that's one heck of a wikitrail. [edit] Scratch that, 'Horst link' is longer via one…

found another loop, on my first try nonetheless:

Genghis_Khan -> Mongolian_language -> Mongolia -> Mongolian_language

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by joejohnson » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:16 PM UTC

Can anyone find a path that doesn't end with:

    ...
    Mathematics
    Quantity
    Property_(philosophy)
    Modern_philosophy
    Philosophy

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by joejohnson » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:18 PM UTC

zyfo wrote: post #12

This image shows how things end up in Philosophy, by XKCD forumite arotenbe: http://forums.xkcd.com/download/file.php?id=29727&mode=v... Looking at these stats shows how viral this meme/trivia got: http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Philosophy http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Mathematics http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/Reason I posted these stats on a FB status a couple of days ago because of the sudden spike. Now that sudd…

On that chart, Greeks points to to other pages. How can Greeks have two first links?

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by SpacemanSpiff » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:21 PM UTC

joejohnson wrote: post #63

Can anyone find a path that doesn't end with: ... Mathematics Quantity Property_(philosophy) Modern_philosophy Philosophy

cessna_172 Fixed-wing_aircraft Aircraft Vehicles Bicycle Human-powered_transport Transport Cargo Commerce Buying San_Juan_de_Dios_Market Guadalajara,_Jalisco States_of_Mexico Mexico Spanish_language Romance_languages Indo-European_languages Language_family Language Human Precambrian Eon_(geology) Chronology Time Measurement Magnitude_(mathematics) Property_(philosophy) Modern_philosophy Philosophy 28 steps to philosophy

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by jimmyjazz14 » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:28 PM UTC

Appears you almost always get there via Mathematics though.

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by blago » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:32 PM UTC

blago wrote: post #57

I did this a while ago with node.js: http://blago.dachev.com/wikidrill

source code: https://github.com/dachev/node-lab

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by garyrichardson » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:34 PM UTC

joejohnson wrote: post #63

Can anyone find a path that doesn't end with: ... Mathematics Quantity Property_(philosophy) Modern_philosophy Philosophy

Barrack Obama:

barrack_obama List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States United_States_Constitution Supreme_law State_(polity) Social_sciences Field_of_study Academia Community Interacting Action_(philosophy) Philosophy

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by davidcuddeback » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:42 PM UTC

lloeki wrote: post #13

shawndumas wrote: post #3

That's 'cause Philosophy covers it all: "Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy

Too bad there's no Philosophy in http://xkcd.com/435/

Especially since a common path is to reach philosophy by first visiting the mathematics page:

  Mathematics
  Quantity
  Property_(philosophy)
  Modern_philosophy
  Philosophy

Re: Inspired by XKCD:903, Wikipedia steps to philosophy

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Post by michaelleland » Thu, May 26, 2011, 3:52 PM UTC

1)ruby_on_rails 2)Open_source 3)Philosophy