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    1. 11-19-2011 06:11 AM #1
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      Testing Wikipedia's "all roads lead to philosophy"

      I thought it would be interesting to give this a couple run-throughs to see what sort of link trails are all leading to philosophy. Try it and post the sequence of article titles

      (For those of you that don't know, supposedly on Wikipedia, if you click the first link of an article not in parenthesis or italics, and repeat for each linked article, you will eventually end up at "philosophy". It's interesting sometimes to see how the oaths progress, and it makes a wonderful way of wasting time.)

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    2. 11-19-2011 06:35 AM #2
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      This is going to take a while

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      Clubland (dance brand)
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      Record Label
      Brand
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      Professional Association
      Nonprofit Organization
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      Social Group
      Social Sciences
      Academic Discipline
      Knowledge
      Information
      Order theory
      Mathematics
      Quantity
      Property (philosophy)
      Modern philosophy
      Philosophy

      Well, I'll be damned. It worked from a random album.

      What is also fun is putting the most ridiculous article titles under Jimmy Wales' picture, and take a screenshot that takes it out of context. Many laughs to be had.
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    3. 11-19-2011 08:22 AM #3
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      Tupac Shakur
      Political Philosophy
      Philosophy

      That's by finding a random link in the article though, there's the actual method

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      I figured out the game is rigged though, when you think about it of course philosophy is going to be the first link on a lot of pages which are philosophies and inevitably most pages will end up at a philosophy.
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    4. 11-19-2011 09:46 AM #4
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      Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      ^ Exception?
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    5. 11-19-2011 10:09 AM #5
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      Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.

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      Ahh, I missed one of those and ended up going on a long "road" that I assumed was endless, in a sense.
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    7. 11-19-2011 12:39 PM #7
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      Many seem to lead to mathematics on their way to philosophy.
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    9. 11-19-2011 03:18 PM #9
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      Modern philosophy
      Philosophy

      30 lines. Can anyone beat me?
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    10. 11-19-2011 03:29 PM #10
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      I'm gonna do the obvious one

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      phenomena
      experience
      concept
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      wow, penis to philosophy
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    11. 11-19-2011 03:43 PM #11
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      I did this once in the past but it didn't work. I'll try again.

      Psychosis
      psychiatric
      medical
      science
      knowledge
      information
      ordered
      mathematics
      quantity
      property (philosophy)
      modern philosophy
      philosophy

      I'll try again

      Dubstep
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      electronic music
      electronic musical instruments
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      mechanical wave
      wave
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      science
      knowledge
      information
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    12. 11-19-2011 03:47 PM #12
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      doing it again

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      modern philosophy
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      That took a while..

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      Modern philosophy
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      April Ryan is my friend,
      Every sorrow she can mend.
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      Does it simply overwhelm.
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    14. 11-20-2011 06:25 AM #14
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      Trying it again. Seeing how long it takes.

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      Philosophy

      20. Thought this would go longer.

      Got one that might go for a while, using random article:
      Bryantia (moth)
      Arctiidae
      Moth
      Insect
      Class (biology)
      Biological classification (who could have seen THAT coming?)
      Organisms
      Biology
      Science, see above for rest.

      Dang, only 17 from a species.
      Last edited by Sesquipedalian; 11-20-2011 at 06:30 AM.

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    15. 11-20-2011 07:26 AM #15
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      escalator
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      transport modes
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      ...[been here countless times]
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    16. 11-20-2011 02:48 PM #16
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      order theory
      mathematics :/
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      philosophy

      17 now another one


      HD 47186
      star
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      physics
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      natural
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    17. 11-20-2011 03:30 PM #17
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      Quote Originally Posted by Morten View Post
      30 lines. Can anyone beat me?
      Let's try.

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      wow, that was short.
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      Going to take the obvious one to see if I can exceed the 30 line limit.
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      Modern Philosophy
      Philosophy

      25 lines

      Maybe the cap is at 30.

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      Philosophy

      _________________

      Meteoroid
      sand
      rock
      geology

      Science
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      Information
      Order Theory
      Mathematics
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      Property (philosophy)
      Modern Philosophy
      Philosophy

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      biology
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      natural
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      Are there any that don't stop at science first?
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      philosophy

      16, from poop (feces) to philosophy. AGAIN!

      Morgan Freeman
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      film
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      variable (mathematics)
      mathematics
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