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Today I learned about Betteridge's Law [0], which seems apt here. It states that when a news headline asks a question, the answer is always "no." When it applie
by jplasmeier 10y ago
Today I learned about Betteridge's Law [0], which seems apt here. It states that when a news headline asks a question, the answer is always "no." When it applies to a paper, I'm disinclined to take the paper seriously...
[0] -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
- cletus 10y agoThis gets posted on EVERY submission ending in a question mark. It was old 2 years ago. Now it's just plain trite, pointless, tiresome and distracting.
- jplasmeier 10y agoNevertheless, the title does read a bit like clickbait.
- tome 10y agoI self-aggrandizingly call this tome's law: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9077549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9077549
- PavlovsCat 10y agoWhy not skip to the end? When enough articles (ending in a question mark or not) are discussed the probability of Betteridge's law (as well as anything else) being mentioned approaches 1. There everybody goes, forever, we are completely done with that class of stuff now. You're welcome :P