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> However I don't know if that reflects some deeper truth about the world, or just my bias in how I answer the questions. It's the same reason why you always e

by Michiel 14y ago

> However I don't know if that reflects some deeper truth about the world, or just my bias in how I answer the questions. It's the same reason why you always end up on "Philosophy" if you're browsing Wikipedia and consistently follow the first link in each article. Here's the path for "Airplane": Airplane Fixed wing aircraft Aircraft Vehicle Motion (physics) Natural science Science Knowledge /* we know where this going... */ Fact Proof (truth) Argument Philosophy Try it yourself: http://www.xefer.com/wikipedia http://www.xefer.com/wikipedia

sev 14y ago
I had heard this before and just tried it...awesome! It's also interesting that philosophy links to existence (ontology) and that links back to philosophy.
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Kronopath 14y ago
I think that website cheats a little bit. The first link in "Science" is not "Knowledge" but "Latin", where it's describing the root of the word "Science". If you follow it properly, you'll find that even the article for "5 Whys" doesn't go to Philosophy: 5 Whys Technique Technology Tool Goal Animal Eukaryote Organism Biology Natural Science Science Latin Italic Languages Indo-European Languages Language Family Language Human Taxonomy Ancient Greek Greek Language Indo-European Languages // Infinite loop!
- esrauch 14y ago
  I think the wikipedia game specifically excludes words in parenthesis and italics. Following those rules you actually do get to Philosophy, and you also get to Philosophy from Indo-European Languages. Though there are some other cycles that exist.
- Michiel 14y ago
  That path seems to go in the same direction, but then it diverges in Science, mostly due to the first sentence on that page, where [Latin] and [knowledge] are links: > Science (from [Latin] scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes [knowledge]... It happens again in Taxonomy, which otherwise would surely lead to Philosophy from the [classification] link: > Taxonomy (from [Greek]: τάξις taxis "arrangement" and Greek: νομία nomia "method"[1]) is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a [classification]. On our way to Philosophy we are constantly confronted with Latin and Greek concepts, because Rome and Greece are where many of the concepts in Philosophy originated.

by Michiel 14y ago

sev 14y ago

I had heard this before and just tried it...awesome! It's also interesting that philosophy links to existence (ontology) and that links back to philosophy.

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Kronopath 14y ago

I think that website cheats a little bit. The first link in "Science" is not "Knowledge" but "Latin", where it's describing the root of the word "Science". If you follow it properly, you'll find that even the article for "5 Whys" doesn't go to Philosophy: 5 Whys Technique Technology Tool Goal Animal Eukaryote Organism Biology Natural Science Science Latin Italic Languages Indo-European Languages Language Family Language Human Taxonomy Ancient Greek Greek Language Indo-European Languages // Infinite loop!

esrauch 14y ago
I think the wikipedia game specifically excludes words in parenthesis and italics. Following those rules you actually do get to Philosophy, and you also get to Philosophy from Indo-European Languages. Though there are some other cycles that exist.
Michiel 14y ago
That path seems to go in the same direction, but then it diverges in Science, mostly due to the first sentence on that page, where [Latin] and [knowledge] are links: > Science (from [Latin] scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes [knowledge]... It happens again in Taxonomy, which otherwise would surely lead to Philosophy from the [classification] link: > Taxonomy (from [Greek]: τάξις taxis "arrangement" and Greek: νομία nomia "method"[1]) is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a [classification]. On our way to Philosophy we are constantly confronted with Latin and Greek concepts, because Rome and Greece are where many of the concepts in Philosophy originated.