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tome's law: In any discussion about an article whose title is a question, Betteridge's law is mentioned with probability 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
by tome 9y ago
tome's law: In any discussion about an article whose title is a question, Betteridge's law is mentioned with probability 1.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9077549 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9077549
- ddlatham 9y agoPerhaps you should revise the law to just yes/no questions? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16288489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16288489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16276911 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16276911 On the other hand, even those aren't holding up. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16277231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16277231
- tome 9y agoGood point and good observation! The statement of Betteridge's Law itself would have to be changed though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines