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08-13-2008, 11:01 AM
Idolfan

The Wikipedia Game

I found this on one of the chans and I thought it would be fun to share. Although it may be as sad as anything I for one find it entertaining :D.

Go on Wikipedia and click "Random Article". Following only the hyperlinks on the article see how long it takes you to reach lucid dreaming!

Wisconsin Field House - Arthur Peabody - Carillon - Church (building) - Sin - Religion - The God Delusion - Delusion - Illusion - Hallucination - Dream - Lucid Dream!

Bear in mind that before I got to "Delusion" I was only clicking on random articles in the hope something useful would come up. It is possible to get better, the original version was to find Hitler which was too easy because everyone just looked for Germany.

Can anyone get there faster?
08-13-2008, 11:31 AM
Sandform

Crazy World of Arthur Brown (band) > Hallucinagenic drugs > Hallucination > Dream > Lucid dreaming
08-13-2008, 11:36 AM
Idolfan

Stapleford, Nottinghamshire - Public house - Alcoholic beverage - Psychoactive drug - Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants - Dream - Lucid Dream.

Grrr, you got lucky
08-13-2008, 11:38 AM
Sandform

Quote:

Originally Posted by Idolfan

Stapleford, Nottinghamshire - Public house - Alcoholic beverage - Psychoactive drug - Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants - Dream - Lucid Dream.

Grrr, you got lucky

New twist...you can't use the word dream before getting to lucid dream?
08-13-2008, 03:49 PM
JET73L

@Sandform: How freaking hard would that be!? (I must try this)

Havelock Vetinari, Alan Rickman, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Warner Bros, Friday the 13th, nightmare on elm street (series), a nightmare on elm street, dreams, Lucid dreaming.

I could also have gone to the Matrix from Warner Bros, which may or may not have led to Lucid Dreams more quickly. I was laready on the page for Havelock Vetinari (Discwold Character), but I randomly clicked a link from there without looking, and will redo this later on Random Article. (Aslo, was it the fifth or sixth Harry Potter book in which the occlumancy dreaming whatever was? because the article said nothing.)
08-13-2008, 04:03 PM
skysaw

I think a good version of the game would be to have everyone start at the same article, and see who can find the shortest route. Something like:

Guyanese dollar...

and go!
08-13-2008, 04:04 PM
heumy

Ok, let's try.

The McGarrigle Christmas Hour - Christmas - Christianity - Resurrectrion - Faith and Rationality - Infinite Regress - Subjective Consciousness - Consciousness - Asleep - Lucid Dream!

That was bad.
08-13-2008, 05:47 PM
Sandform

Guyanese dollar > 1839 > Firs Opium war > Opium > Narcotic > psychedelic > Hallucination > dream > lucid dream.

Eight clicks. I couldn't do it with dreams.
08-13-2008, 05:53 PM
skysaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sandform

Guyanese dollar > 1839 > Firs Opium war > Opium > Narcotic > psychedelic > Hallucination > dream > lucid dream.

Eight clicks. I couldn't do it with dreams.

Not bad. I just tried it myself and got it in six:

Guyanese dollar > Heptagon > Geometry > René Descartes > External_world_skepticism > Dream > Lucid_dreaming

Can anyone get it shorter? I thought there might be a more direct route from Descartes, but that's the best I got.
08-13-2008, 06:30 PM
skysaw

I tried the original form of the game using the random article link (first one I hit). My page was on Stanley, Iowa

I am proud to say that I can link Stanley, Iowa to Lucid Dreaming in only five steps, and without using either "Dream" or "Sleep." My challenge to all of you is to duplicate or beat that feat. I'll post my route after you all get a chance to try. :)

Edit: I originally mistakenly said four steps. My solution requires five.
08-13-2008, 06:32 PM
Abra

Six clicks, different path.

Guyanese dollar>Nickel>Superoxide dimutase>Dietary Supplement>Melatonin>REM sleep>Lucid dreaming.
08-13-2008, 06:40 PM
Abra

I got you, skysaw!

Stanley, Iowa>marriage>afterlife>Astral projection>lucid dreaming.

Pretty fast, huh?
08-13-2008, 06:42 PM
slayer

How the hell do you people do this?

I clicked like 20 times and still didn't come to anything related to Lucid Dreaming...

By hyperlinks, you do mean those things at the very bottom of the page right?
08-13-2008, 06:43 PM
skysaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abra

I got you, skysaw!

Stanley, Iowa>marriage>afterlife>Astral projection>lucid dreaming.

Pretty fast, huh?

Wow! Fantastic!

My route was:
Stanley, Iowa > Census > Algorithm > Artificial_intelligence > Ray_Kurzweil > Lucid Dreaming

I was pretty proud of that too, so good work.

At least I can improve on The McGarrigle Christmas Hour:

The McGarrigle Christmas Hour > Jackson Browne > Fast Times at Ridgemont High > Dream sequence > Dream > Lucid Dreaming :D
08-13-2008, 06:43 PM
panta-rei

Live in Concert (album)>Najwa Karam>International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement>Religion>Faith>Transcendence (religion)>God>Existence of God>Logic>Greek language>Gamma>Theory of relativity>Time dilation>Frame of reference>Fictitious force>Velocity>Position>Human position>Supine position>Sleep paralysis>Rapid eye movement (sleep)>Lucid dream!!!

I suck.
08-13-2008, 06:44 PM
skysaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayer

I clicked like 20 times and still didn't come to anything related to Lucid Dreaming...

By hyperlinks, you do mean those things at the very bottom of the page right?

Any clickable link that keeps you on a wikipedia page is valid. The trick is to try to form a mental connection before you start clicking... each new step should get you closer to something related to dreaming.
08-13-2008, 06:50 PM
slayer

Euzhan Palcy > American Film Directors > Cinema of the United States > Entertainment in the United States > American Culture > American Studies > Area Studies > Interdisciplinaary fields > Science > Knowledge > Thought > Fundamental > Articles > Contents

I couldn't choose anything else after Contents :P I failed at this game...

Edit: Oh! Any clickable link? Well that would probably make things easier for me...I was just using the links at the bottom that said "Categories"
08-13-2008, 06:54 PM
Sornaensis

Murder of John Monckton > October 13 > Jerry Jones > Oil > Terrestrial Plant > Aquatic Ecosystem > Tourism > Thailand > US Dollar > Geogria > Baptist > Jesus Christ > Christian > Fundamentalist > Creationism > Intelligent Design > Idiots > Lucid Dreaming

I win!
08-13-2008, 07:00 PM
skysaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Live in Concert (album)>Najwa Karam>International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement>Religion>Faith>Transcendence (religion)>God>Existence of God>Logic>Greek language>Gamma>Theory of relativity>Time dilation>Frame of reference>Fictitious force>Velocity>Position>Human position>Supine position>Sleep paralysis>Rapid eye movement (sleep)>Lucid dream!!!

I suck.

That is a tough start. You can shorten a lot by taking this branch from "Religion": > Logic > Paradox > List of paradoxes > Hutton's Paradox > Lucid dreaming -- making eight steps.

Another eight-stepper would be:

Live in Concert (album) > Rotana > Record Label > Internet > Self-similarity > Self-reference > Douglas_Hofstadter > Ray_Kurzweil > Lucid Dreaming

I'm sure there is shorter, though.
08-13-2008, 07:13 PM
panta-rei

Ricardo Migliorisi>Asunción>Tobacco>Hookah>Cannabis (drug)>Psychoactive drug>Hypnotic>Sleep>Dream>Lucid dream!

I'm getting better!
08-13-2008, 07:17 PM
skysaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ricardo Migliorisi>Asunción>Tobacco>Hookah>Cannabis (drug)>Psychoactive drug>Hypnotic>Sleep>Dream>Lucid dream!

I'm getting better!

Good... now do it without using "sleep" or "dream" ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayer

Euzhan Palcy > American Film Directors > Cinema of the United States > Entertainment in the United States > American Culture > American Studies > Area Studies > Interdisciplinaary fields > Science > Knowledge > Thought > Fundamental > Articles > Contents

I couldn't choose anything else after Contents :P I failed at this game...

Just for you:
Euzhan_Palcy > Donald_Sutherland > Psychological_horror > The_Sixth_Sense > Ghost > Hypnagogia > Lucid_dream
08-13-2008, 07:21 PM
slayer

Thank you!
08-13-2008, 07:30 PM
skysaw

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ricardo Migliorisi>Asunción>Tobacco>Hookah>Cannabis (drug)>Psychoactive drug>Hypnotic>Sleep>Dream>Lucid dream!

Three steps shorter, and without "Dream":

Ricardo Migliorisi > January 6 > Alan Watts > Meditation > Binaural beats > Lucid Dreaming :banana:
08-13-2008, 07:31 PM
slayer

How the hell do you guys do this so well?

I can't seem to find anything that would relate to lucid dreaming...
08-13-2008, 07:43 PM
panta-rei

Cupressus arizonica>Disease>Nutrition>Dietary supplement>Melatonin>Rapid eye movement (sleep)>Lucid dream!

I kinda cheated...

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