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Does this only apply to philosophy or do x degrees of separation allow you to substitute any other topic?
by dreamfactory2 11y ago
Does this only apply to philosophy or do x degrees of separation allow you to substitute any other topic?
- shawndumas 11y agoIt's funny you should ask because last night my son and I were looking at the periodic table of elements. He said "boy, I bet you just by clicking on links we could get to pumpkin"; and we did. Not quite the same but fun nonetheless.
- drewrv 11y agoSounds like he might like this: http://thewikigame.com/6-degrees-of-wikipedia http://thewikigame.com/6-degrees-of-wikipedia
- thaumasiotes 11y agoI've tried it, but it doesn't seem to register me. I'll join a game, it will keep a count of my clicks, I'll find the goal, and then it will say "no win". Then the game will time out and I'll see "no winners in the last game". What's going on here? Edit: Ah, apparently to win you have to get it in exactly 6 clicks.
- tyre 11y agoIt does not apply to just anything, since links are one-directional. This applies to philosophy because articles tend to mention the general categories they fall under. The classification of knowledge generally falls under the purview of philosophy, so naturally following links upwards will lead to it eventually.
- tyre 11y agoIt does not apply to just anything, since links are one-directional. This applies to philosophy because articles tend to mention the general categories they fall under. The classification of knowledge generally falls under the purview of philosophy, so naturally following links upwards will lead to it eventually.
- alextgordon 11y agoIf you keep going you end up in a cycle: Philosophy -> Reality -> Existence -> Ontology -> Philosophy
- jjoonathan 11y agoYeah, of course you can substitute anything :) 7 or 8 years ago in high school we had a "degrees of separation to Hitler" wikipedia game. Perhaps philosophy lets you add additional constraints (e.g. click the first link of a certain form) or obtain slightly lower numbers? Historical figures have the advantage that you don't have to navigate up through layers of classification, you just have to get to a date link (there were better tricks -- date links were the "last resort").
- mikeash 11y agoIt's not simply that you can find Philosophy from any page. It's that if you blindly click the first link on the page repeatedly, you nearly always reach Philoshophy at some point.
- butterfinger 11y agoThis applies only to philosophy because it is about always using the first link in the article.