Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
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Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#2By the time I looked at this, the end path had changed, as "Fact" now leads to "Truth" instead of "Information". How long until someone intentionally manipulates the chain?
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#3the author doesn't capitalize his sentences. i didn't find it difficult to read and only noticed halfway through the article. supposedly, capitalized sentences are easier to read, so i wonder if i've been conditioned by the internet to find uncapitalized sentences easy to read as well. off-topic, but interesting.
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#4By the time I looked at this, the end path had changed, as "Fact" now leads to "Truth" instead of "Information". How long until someone intentionally manipulates the chain?
I was using the 2011-07-22 set so the data's already a bit stale...
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#5the author doesn't capitalize his sentences. i didn't find it difficult to read and only noticed halfway through the article. supposedly, capitalized sentences are easier to read, so i wonder if i've been conditioned by the internet to find uncapitalized sentences easy to read as well. off-topic, but interesting.
oh your irony...
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#6I was about to to link to previous discussions of the same claim/question
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2592522
But then I read the article... Very nice!
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
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Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#8Just tested it for the hell of it, started with "FireFighter", thought it was random... and 30 clicks later landed on Philosophy! Fun stuff.
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#9Just tested it for the hell of it, started with "FireFighter", thought it was random... and 30 clicks later landed on Philosophy! Fun stuff.
Tried the word Stupid... Just got stuck in a loop.
EDIT: Tried it again... Stupid - Philosophy = 11
Re: Do all first links on Wikipedia lead to philosophy?
#10Just tested it for the hell of it, started with "FireFighter", thought it was random... and 30 clicks later landed on Philosophy! Fun stuff.
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