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According to Betteridge's law of headlines [1], any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "no". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B

by myhf 3y ago

According to Betteridge's law of headlines [1], any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word "no". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

tubthumper8 3y ago
Why are Things Expensive? No.
- tim333 3y ago
  The law doesn't apply because "Why are Things Expensive?" is not a headline. It's the title of a website.
karim79 3y ago
Has this law no counter examples?
- Cockbrand 3y ago
  By application of the same law: no.
  - karim79 3y ago
    But, but... since logically you can't prove a negative, surely then the burden of proof logical fallacy applies?
    - Cockbrand 3y ago
      No, umm, yes, ummm... well, now I’m confused.
danjc 3y ago
Even better - HN usually trims off a leading "Why". Are things expensive? No