There Must Be Some Kind Of Cosmic Truth In This - Page 2

Ghoulish Delight · 05-25-2011, 02:21 PM

I saw the meme floating around a few days ago, before the XKCD this morning.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-25-2011, 02:27 PM

Here's a related game (from BoingBoing)

Finding Jesus
1 - go to wikipedia
2 - click the random page link
3 - on that page, click a link that you think will get you as close to the page for Jesus as possible
4 - keeping track of your clicks, repeat step 3 until you FIND JESUS

Score 1 point for each page you visit, including Jesus. Lowest score wins. I'll start.

Internet In Algeria ---> Internet in Egypt ---> Middle East ---> Christianity ---> Jesus

5 points, nice!

Ghoulish Delight · 05-25-2011, 02:36 PM

"Rational Argument" IS a link to "Reason".

On the Reason page you're clicking "rationality", which is in parentheses. Alex is clicking "faculty" which is outside of the parentheses (and actually links to "sense")

Moonliner · 05-25-2011, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

"Rational Argument" IS a link to "Reason".

On the Reason page you're clicking "rationality", which is in parentheses. Alex is clicking "faculty" which is outside of the parentheses (and actually links to "sense")

Fine.

Road.

Alex · 05-25-2011, 02:42 PM

And on reason the first link not italicized or in parenthesis is "faculty" which goes to Sense.

I just did this 10 times starting from random pages.

All ten times the route to Philosophy went through Mathematics. 9 out of the 10 times it went through Science on the way through Mathematics.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-25-2011, 02:50 PM

Star Screen Award for Best Comedian
Bollywood
English
bookstore (bookselling)
publishing
literature
bible
Jesus

7 points.

Alex · 05-25-2011, 02:51 PM

I get:

Road --> Thoroughfare --> Highway --> Highway systems by country --> Geography --> Earth --> Planet --> Orbit --> Physics --> Natural Science --> Science --> Knowledge --> Facts --> Information --> Finite set --> Mathematics --> Quantity --> Property (philosophy) --> Modern Philosophy --> Philosophy

Is it cheating that I edited the Highway Systems page so that Highway was no longer the first link?

Let's see:

Cheating --> Audultery --> Extramarital sex --> marriage --> kinship --> Entity --> Existence --> Sense --> Physiology --> Organ (anatomy) --> Biology --> Natural Science --> Science --> see science chain.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-25-2011, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

I get:

Is it cheating that I edited the Highway Systems page so that Highway was no longer the first link?

Actually you're going to have to go back to Highway and edit it so Road isn't the first link (you missed it, probably because it's a short word and your followed-link color made it blend with the other black text around it)

mousepod · 05-25-2011, 03:11 PM

Slovenia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games -> Italy -> Pope -> Jesus

4 points

JWBear · 05-25-2011, 03:22 PM

I was just reading that there are people going in and editing articles to try and stop you from getting to Philosophy.

05-25-2011, 02:21 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I saw the meme floating around a few days ago, before the XKCD this morning. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-25-2011, 02:27 PM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Here's a related game (from BoingBoing) Finding Jesus 1 - go to wikipedia 2 - click the random page link 3 - on that page, click a link that you think will get you as close to the page for Jesus as possible 4 - keeping track of your clicks, repeat step 3 until you FIND JESUS Score 1 point for each page you visit, including Jesus. Lowest score wins. I'll start. Internet In Algeria ---> Internet in Egypt ---> Middle East ---> Christianity ---> Jesus 5 points, nice! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-25-2011, 02:36 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	"Rational Argument" IS a link to "Reason". On the Reason page you're clicking "rationality", which is in parentheses. Alex is clicking "faculty" which is outside of the parentheses (and actually links to "sense") __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-25-2011, 02:42 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And on reason the first link not italicized or in parenthesis is "faculty" which goes to Sense. I just did this 10 times starting from random pages. All ten times the route to Philosophy went through Mathematics. 9 out of the 10 times it went through Science on the way through Mathematics.
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05-25-2011, 02:50 PM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Star Screen Award for Best Comedian Bollywood English bookstore (bookselling) publishing literature bible Jesus 7 points. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-25-2011, 02:51 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I get: Road --> Thoroughfare --> Highway --> Highway systems by country --> Geography --> Earth --> Planet --> Orbit --> Physics --> Natural Science --> Science --> Knowledge --> Facts --> Information --> Finite set --> Mathematics --> Quantity --> Property (philosophy) --> Modern Philosophy --> Philosophy Is it cheating that I edited the Highway Systems page so that Highway was no longer the first link? Let's see: Cheating --> Audultery --> Extramarital sex --> marriage --> kinship --> Entity --> Existence --> Sense --> Physiology --> Organ (anatomy) --> Biology --> Natural Science --> Science --> see science chain.
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05-25-2011, 03:11 PM	#9
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Slovenia at the 2009 Mediterranean Games -> Italy -> Pope -> Jesus 4 points __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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05-25-2011, 03:22 PM	#10
JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I was just reading that there are people going in and editing articles to try and stop you from getting to Philosophy. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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