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The Wikipedia Philosophy Game
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:19 pm
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.
Re: The Wikipedia Philosophy Game
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:43 am
by spartan64
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.
Re: The Wikipedia Philosophy Game
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:55 am
by Sam
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
Re: The Wikipedia Philosophy Game
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 5:27 pm
by spartan64
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.