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It's been proven mathematically that any sentence that begins with, "Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than [X]" has the property that it doesn't matte
by cprncus 13y ago
It's been proven mathematically that any sentence that begins with, "Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than [X]" has the property that it doesn't matter what X is, the answer will still be "no."
For example:
Q: Wouldn't it be better If Wikipedia had ads than planet-wide thermonuclear war?
A: No.
- davidsmith8900 13y ago- Thanks cprncus, but where can I find this mathematical statement from?
- sp332 13y agoIt's not mathematically proven, but empirically derived and sometimes wrong. It's called Betteridge's Law of Headlines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
- davidsmith8900 13y ago- I never knew about this link, thank you sp332.
- crisnoble 13y agoQ: Wouldn't it be better if Wikipedia continued to not have ads? A: Yes.