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Is this an instance of Betteridge's law of headlines in the wild? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be
by ASalazarMX 5y ago
Is this an instance of Betteridge's law of headlines in the wild? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines).
- mkaic 5y ago(author here) Haha, maybe, though my original title got edited by a moderator (it was originally a much more overconfident "The Singularity Is Close"), so maybe I've been Betteridge-sniped?
- ASalazarMX 5y agoMy feed reader caught the title as "The Singularity is Close", so indeed it was edited to "The singularity is close?". Both are different from the article's title "The singularity is very close". You were set up :)
- mkaic 5y agoYeah, TIL that HN literally doesn't allow the word "very" in headlines! Kinda cool, I guess they're trying to fight against sensationalism.