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Following the first link in the main text of an English Wikipedia article, and then repeating the process for subsequent articles, usually leads to the Philosophy article.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I personally enjoy philosophy of physics. I also learned I’m a constructive empiricist when it comes to quantum physics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You kid, but science is literally a philosophy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

"No! Just shut up and calculate."

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson probably
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Or is philosophy a science? (Of conscience/the mind)

[–] treadful 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm now curious about the articles that don't—do they lead somewhere else?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They either get stuck in a loop or lead to a dead-end page that doesn't have any outgoing links.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Considering that the first thing is often an explanation of the meaning or something like that... Makes sense. But is also totally irrelevant.

Just tested it with the link itself.. and yes, it gets more and more broader with every click.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Six Degrees Of Francis Bacon?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago