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The Wikipedia Philosophy Game

Post by Scott »

Prepare to be amazed! You can search for literally anything on Wikipedia and you will end up on Philosophy by following the steps in this picture

I just tried LOL and it took 12 clicks to get to Philosophy. Feel free to post your click counts and topics.
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I went from 'God' to 'English', West Germanic language, Germanic languages, Indo-European languages, Language family, Language, Communication, Information, Sequence, Mathematics, Quantity, Property (philosophy), Modern philosophy, Philosophy. :)
13 clicks

See if you can also find loops that are links that send you back to your previous page.
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Re: The Wikipedia Philosophy Game

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I win!

I typed in "Quantum electrodynamics" and now im stuck in a loop between the same pages (mathematics and property)

Quantum electrodynamics ==> Theory of relativity ==> Albert Einstein ==> Physics ==> Natural science ==> Naturalism (philosophy) ==> Natural Law ==> Nature ==> Phenomenon ==> Immanuel Kant ==> Königsberg ==> Capital City ==> Governance ==> Power (philosophy) ==> Identity (social science) ==> Umbrella Term ==> Subset ==> Mathematics ==> Quantity (loop begins)==> Property (philosophy) ==> Mathematics.....

18 links, got close with all the (philosophy) entries but never actually ended up on philosophy

whats more is that spartan_sixtyfour should have gotten stuck in the same loop, which leaves only one conclusion. The page must have been edited within the last 24 hours, otherwise I would have ended up on philosophy.

EDIT: check this out, I was correct:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... =424117068
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Tretarn wrote:I win!

I typed in "Quantum electrodynamics" and now im stuck in a loop between the same pages (mathematics and property)

Quantum electrodynamics ==> Theory of relativity ==> Albert Einstein ==> Physics ==> Natural science ==> Naturalism (philosophy) ==> Natural Law ==> Nature ==> Phenomenon ==> Immanuel Kant ==> Königsberg ==> Capital City ==> Governance ==> Power (philosophy) ==> Identity (social science) ==> Umbrella Term ==> Subset ==> Mathematics ==> Quantity (loop begins)==> Property (philosophy) ==> Mathematics.....

18 links, got close with all the (philosophy) entries but never actually ended up on philosophy

whats more is that spartan_sixtyfour should have gotten stuck in the same loop, which leaves only one conclusion. The page must have been edited within the last 24 hours, otherwise I would have ended up on philosophy.

EDIT: check this out, I was correct:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... =424117068
Yea, I guess...
But what I mean by loops. Its a link that takes you back to the last page viewed.
For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami

And it takes 42 clicks (about) from Reddit to Philosophy.

lol, the game failed.
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