The Wikipedia Mind****

[ManiacMatt1782]

A friend sent this to me and I thought it was interesting. Anything you search for on Wikipedia will eventually lead back to philosophy.




>
> This is what you do:
> 1. Go to Wikipedia, search for anything and I mean anything.
> 2. Starting from the page you found, click the first link in the body of text that is NOT bold, NOT in italics and NOT within brackets.
> 3. Repeat this process for each page you come to.
> You will ALWAYS end up at Philosophy. Whatever you do. I challenge you to find one that doesn't work. Good luck!
>

[jeremym480]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Just wikied The Jersey Shore and sure enough after about 8-10 clicks it ended up on Philosophy

[Chef Matt]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

A friend sent this to me and I thought it was interesting. Anything you search for on Wikipedia will eventually lead back to philosophy.




>
> This is what you do:
> 1. Go to Wikipedia, search for anything and I mean anything.
> 2. Starting from the page you found, click the first link in the body of text that is NOT bold, NOT in italics and NOT within brackets.
> 3. Repeat this process for each page you come to.
> You will ALWAYS end up at Philosophy. Whatever you do. I challenge you to find one that doesn't work. Good luck!
>

Now lets see how we got there.

Baseball
Bat-and-Ball
Golf
Sport
Organized
Social Group
Social Cohesion
Social Policy
Human Welfare
International Development
Concept
Cognitive
Scientific
Knowledge
Facts
Information
Sequence
Mathematics
Quantity
Property
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy.

[shnuskis]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

First try. shoelaces.

1. Shoelaces
2. Shoe
3. Footwear
4. Garments
5. Human (This is where the loop starts)
6. Taxonomically
7. Ancient Greek
8. Greek Language
9. Language
10. Human

So anything leading you to steps 5-9 will not lead you to Philosophy.

[shnuskis]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Now lets see how we got there.

Baseball
Bat-and-Ball
Golf
Sport
Organized
Social Group
Social Cohesion
Social Policy
Human Welfare
International Development
Concept
Cognitive
Scientific
Knowledge
Facts
Information
Sequence
Mathematics
Quantity
Property
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy.

By the rules given, you made a mistake at organized, which leads to organization. The first non bold, nonitalicized, non bracketed word is spelling differences. By making that change and following the chain, you will eventually be led to Ancient Greek which is in the human loop, thus never leading to Philosophy.

Edit-I have too much time on my hands.

[Chef Matt]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

By the rules given, you made a mistake at organized, which leads to organization. The first non bold, nonitalicized, non bracketed word is spelling differences. By making that change and following the chain, you will eventually be led to Ancient Greek which is in the human loop, thus never leading to Philosophy.

Edit-I have too much time on my hands.

That's cool, I ended up going "oh **** it works" anyway so it was a fun 2 minutes to kill.

[kingkilla56]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

First try. shoelaces.

1. Shoelaces
2. Shoe
3. Footwear
4. Garments
5. Human (This is where the loop starts)
6. Taxonomically
7. Ancient Greek
8. Greek Language
9. Language
10. Human

So anything leading you to steps 5-9 will not lead you to Philosophy.

Incorrect. "taxonomically" breaks the rules

[ManiacMatt1782]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Taxinomically, was in a bracket/parentheses, and you should have clicked living.

[Watson]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Nike
United States
Constitutional Republic
State
Social Sciences
Fields (Academic)
Knowledge
Facts
Information
Sequence
Math
Quantity
Property
Modern Philosophy
Philosophy

that was a bit of a stretch, but I got there

[Chef Matt]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

That's cool, I ended up going "oh **** it works" anyway so it was a fun 2 minutes to kill.

Although this thread is going to be fun to follow, so win win for me on my slow work day.

[kingkilla56]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Everything always leads to a field of study, which goes into science which eventually leads to knowledge and then its a wrap. Cool observation though.

[Watson]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Pom-Pom
Fabric (Textile)
Fibers
Materials
Matter
Physical Body
Physics
Natural Science
Science
Knowledge...Philosophy

[Graphik]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

Reminds me of the game Civilization. Philosophy must be the first research tech our Civ studied. lmao.

[shnuskis]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

A friend sent this to me and I thought it was interesting. Anything you search for on Wikipedia will eventually lead back to philosophy.

>
> This is what you do:
> 1. Go to Wikipedia, search for anything and I mean anything.
> 2. Starting from the page you found, click the first link in the body of text that is NOT bold, NOT in italics and NOT within brackets.
> 3. Repeat this process for each page you come to.
> You will ALWAYS end up at Philosophy. Whatever you do. I challenge you to find one that doesn't work. Good luck!
>

Taxinomically, was in a bracket/parentheses, and you should have clicked living.

Your original rules did not say anything about parentheses. Yes, parentheses are different than brackets.

[Chef Matt]

Re: The Wikipedia Mind****

You guys are ruining the fun.

I sent my wife an email to do this, it'll go viral if it hasn't already.