Wikipedia Game / Experiment
 

There is a saying that "All Roads Lead to Rome." So on Wikipedia do first words in the article lead to "Philosophy?"

I searched for the song "Save it for Later" and in the Google return I got "Special Beat Service" which is the title of the album. On that page the first hyperlink-word was "British," which turn out to be for the wiki page "United Kingdom." The first word on that page that linked me to another was "Sovereign country." I did the same thing and click on every first word on each page until on the "Philosophy" page.

The game of clicking on the first hyperlink-word seems easy enough. Sometimes if a game or a task is too easy there is no interest in it. The part I am curious about is there a word that doesn't to the Philosophy page or a limit of links that eventually lead to the Philosophy page. The experiment or challenge would be to find the word that doesn't link or a word that has longest degree of separation from Philosophy.

1. Special Beat Service
2. British/United Kingdom
3. Sovereign country/Sovereign state
4. International law
5. State/State (polity)
6. Polity
7. Entity
8. Ontology
9. Philosophy

Bigelow Tea Company

It took me there

what?

Start anywhere on wiki

Click the first link in the text

Pretty soon you'll be on the philosophy page

Like 6 degrees to Kevin Bacon

Feces>or>aeon>eternity>infinite>Zeno of Elea>Elea>Manga Graecia>Southern Italy>Italy>unitary>federation>unitary states>federation>unitary states>federation>unitary states etc

Someone hit Frownland with a shoe: he's stuck in a loop! :laughing:
Or maybe that's the new album?

Chris Brown > Tappahannock, Virginia > Essex County, Virginia > county > United States > constitutional > state > polity > entity > exists > Ontology > philosophical

Well... ****.

Shackleton-Rowett Expedition>Ernest Shackelton>Royal Victorian Order>Dynastic Order>Order of Chivalry>Order(distinction)>Honour>Family>Human> Neontology>Biology>Natural Science>Science>Knowledge>Awareness> Quality>Philosophy

That took a while..

House (1997 Film)>Nobohiko Obayashi>Onomochi>Hiroshima prefecture>Japan>Flag>Japanese language>Japanese script>kanji>Logographic Chinese characters>Written language>Typeset fonts>Movable type>Technology>Steam turbine>Power plant>Athlone power station>South Africa><Afrikaans>South Africa>

Loop diloop

Cease and desist
Intellectual property
Intellect
Human
Subspecies
Taxonomy (biology)
Ancient Greek
Greek language
Modern Greek
Colloquialism
Word
Linguistics
Science
Knowledge
Awareness
Quality (philosophy)
Philosophy

Drinking bird -> heat engine -> thermodynamics -> science -> knowledge -> awareness -> quality (philosophy) -> philosophy

Probably stems from philosophy's obsession with definitions.

You're doing it wrong, Frown.

Does it not count as the first thing if that's how my phone formats the page?

Phil Esposito
Order of Canada
French language
Romance languages
Vulgar Latin
Classical Latin
Latin
Classical language
Language
Communication
Meaning (semiotics)
Semiotics
Greek language
Modern Greek
Colloquialism
Word
Linguistics
Science
Knowledge
Awareness
Quality (philosophy)
Philosophy

Why'd you go to eternity after aeon? Instead of American English?

Anal sex > thrusting > pelvic > trunk > thorax > Greek > Greek > Modern Greek > colloquially > word > linguistics > scientific > knowledge > awareness > quality > philosophy

"Greek" gave me a fake out, but Nea's prediction eventually turned true.

No you're stupid.

Idk what your phone is even showing you. When I went to Athlone power station South Africa was like the 4th thing, and Afrikaans wasn't even close to the beginning. That's weird.

Frownland is a cheater I guess.

Do you have an iPhone? It puts the charts and pics at the top.

List of animals with fraudulent diplomas>Diploma mills>Academic degree>Higher education>Formal learning>Learning>Knowledge>Awareness>Qvality>Philosophy

Yeah I see, just checked. I was going from where the article actually started..

Jandek > Houston, Texas > State > Political Entity > Entity > Exists > Ontology > Philosophical

Holy ****, it really works.

Don't use people as entries, as it then leads to entries about where they're from, which eventually leads to politics and then philosophy.

Yup. And don't research inherently stupid things because 80% of philosophy simply expounds on the concept of how idiotic humans are.

Apollo 13 > Apollo space program > human spaceflight > space travel > ballistic flight > mechanics > science > explanations > statements > logic > Ancient Greek > Greek > Modern Greek > colloquially > word > linguistics > scientific > knowledge > awareness > quality > philosophy

I really wish this **** would get to the ****ing point so I wouldn't have to spend twenty minutes on what I already knew was gonna go a certain way. **** this exercise. If anything mentions Greece then it should count al-****ing-ready.

Science related stuff is a bad idea too. Also refrain from using any kind of Greek or Latin origin word or anything that might lead to such a word.

Maybe Neap's right.

Portable Toilet > Toilet > Sanitation Fixture > Hygienic > Health > Metabolic > Life > Physical Entities > Physics > Ancient Greek > Greek > Modern Greek > Colloquialism > Word > Linguistics > Scientific > Knowledge > Awareness > Quality > Philosophy

Greece = philosophy

Basically

https://xefer.com/wikipedia

if you want to save some time

^that's pretty cool

i think if there's a loop, it'll just select next hyperlink on the page, though. there's probably something else online that'll just inform you there is a loop instead

Reality television is closer to philosophy than writing. Get to watching folks, it's the key to enlightenment.

Dirty Sanchez doesn't work.

Anal Beads

Anal beads
Sex toy
Human sexual activity
Human sexuality
Eroticism
Greek language
Modern Greek
Colloquialism
Word
Linguistics
Science
Knowledge
Awareness
Quality (philosophy)
Philosophy

Looks like all roads lead to Greece.;)

Of course anything anal related would lead to Greece.

They don't call it Greek for nothing!