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The Wikipedia Phenomenon
I was reading New Scientist (18 June 2011/No2817) and read this
"if you pick a random Wikipedia article, click on the first blue hyperlinked word not in brackets or italics, then recursively keep on clicking on the first such word in subsequent articles, you will always end up at 'Philosophy'.
Can you find any others?
"if you pick a random Wikipedia article, click on the first blue hyperlinked word not in brackets or italics, then recursively keep on clicking on the first such word in subsequent articles, you will always end up at 'Philosophy'.
Can you find any others?
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
It finally made its way into the commercial media? It works, anecdotally at least. I don't know of any others though, certainly none as simple.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
to prove it here is one I prepared earlier:
Yasutaka Kobayashi, Japanese, East Asia, subregion, region, geography, science, knowledge, facts, information, sequence, mathematics, quantity, property, modern philosophy, philosophy.
Yasutaka Kobayashi, Japanese, East Asia, subregion, region, geography, science, knowledge, facts, information, sequence, mathematics, quantity, property, modern philosophy, philosophy.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
Evil > Intention > agent > (Ignoring <> as well?) Power > capability > ability > skill > middle english > history of the english language > West Germanic languages > Germanic languages > Indo-European languages > Language family > Language > Communication > Information > Sequence > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (Philosophy) > Modern philosophy > Philosophy.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicity
What is written is not always the word on the page, it is the heading of the page it links to
Simplicity > Complexity > Complex systems > Mathematical model > System > Mathe.... SON OF A GUN!
System shall be beaten!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason (the first blue word on the philosophy page)
Reason > Rationality > Phil... /wrists
Why... why did you do this?
What is written is not always the word on the page, it is the heading of the page it links to
Simplicity > Complexity > Complex systems > Mathematical model > System > Mathe.... SON OF A GUN!
System shall be beaten!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason (the first blue word on the philosophy page)
Reason > Rationality > Phil... /wrists
Why... why did you do this?
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
Eyelash > eyelid > eye > sense organ > nervous system > biological system > biology > natural science > science...
Yep ok wiki is rigged, how long did it take them to set it up? xD
Yep ok wiki is rigged, how long did it take them to set it up? xD
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
OK then. RS has had a mild breakdown. Move along, nothing to see here.
It's a symptom of the syntax of the opening sentence, which gives the topic or context, leading to broader categories.
Notice that the philosophy article has no links in the first sentence.
It's a symptom of the syntax of the opening sentence, which gives the topic or context, leading to broader categories.
Notice that the philosophy article has no links in the first sentence.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
5 clicks to jesus.
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The King of Eggs wrote:5 clicks to jesus.
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If you mean Philosophy to jesus. I got it in 3. Otherwise idk.
Philosophy > Philosophy of religion > Christianity > Jesus
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
What'd be cool is a big map of what links to what, and you can trace the near infinite paths from one article to another, and find the shortest.
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I maybe would... but people would not pay for such a thing.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
its a game.
with enough practise you can go from any page to jesus in 5 or less clicks for example.
Curious wormfish>scientific clasifications>darwinian{charles darwin}>church of england>jesus christ
now find the weirdest ones you can!
with enough practise you can go from any page to jesus in 5 or less clicks for example.
Curious wormfish>scientific clasifications>darwinian{charles darwin}>church of england>jesus christ
now find the weirdest ones you can!
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
secret talents of the stars {short lived tv series, used random}>united states>christian>jesus christ
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
Wikipedia black holes were the first link of a page leads to a page whos frist link links back to the previous page such as 'computer software' - 'program' - 'Computer software'.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
Wheeldon>Alice Wheeldon>Independent Labour Party>Socialism>Economic System>Society>Interpersonal Relationship>Inference>Formal Proof>Proposition>Philosophy
Fancy that!
Fancy that!
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
congrats to Tim Tam for being the first to post in this thread since July 16th 2011
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Thank you. :)
Darth Skywalkerbacca wrote:congrats to Tim Tam for being the first to post in this thread since July 16th 2011
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Darth Skywalkerbacca wrote:congrats to Tim Tam for being the first to post in this thread since July 16th 2011
Thank You.
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
you don't win a prize though
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My Goodness! How do we delete these things!?
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You can't it is forbidden on resplect
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Re: The Wikipedia Phenomenon
Well you're the ones who have to put up with the multiple posts trying to correct things.
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It shall be recorded here for eternity, all your mistakes so post wisely
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