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So Here's Something I Never Knew...?
From xkcd.com:
"Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at "Philosophy".""
So to make this musically relevant:
MQ: Type your favourite band's name onto Wikipedia, then begin this exercise, counting how much clicks it takes to get to 'philosophy'.
Kamelot took me 28 clicks...can you beat that? =D
18 Answers
- Shades of Grey♥Lv 71 decade ago
I'm on my 20th click so far, but just want to get this down before I forget it!
I went with U2, thinking they're a pretty philosophical bunch and that it wouldn't take long (I was going for the record of *fewest* clicks). And so far the path has taken me to Ireland, it's constitution/backgrounds of government (and honestly, I thought we'd be getting to philosophy imminently at that point, but no...). From there through Latin and on into Rome... then ancient Rome, culture, some social sciences... but then we took a turn through the biological sciences, and now I'm in natural science. Onward...
Capital cities... local government... states... oh oh... I'm back at social sciences... but wait! I thought it was over and would be stuck in a loop... but my next click was to 'scholarly method' ~and~ BINGO!!! Philosophy. Crap. I lost count. Oh, and I was clicking on the links in the 'intro', not the text. Double crap. Starting over... (yes, I'm finding this fascinating, not only because it is actually seeming to be working, but because of all the places it's been taking me :-)
I got to 32.
I have to do it again to make sure I didn't make any mistakes... because I think I did.
Wow! 21 clicks got me to Property (Philosophy) and 22 to Modern Philosophy. I'm amazed. Great Question :-) Thanks!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Megadeth took 23 clicks.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Iron Maiden took 33.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
21 for the Dropkick Murphys
16 for Rupaul
v (Led Zeppelin takes 26)
- 1 decade ago
Death Angel: 26 clicks
Dethklok: 14 clicks
Asrai: 24 clicks
I'm going to do more of this later and post my results.
It seems that the final few pages are always the same. At least they were for me.
- 1 decade ago
I tried Gorillaz, but I get stuck inside a loop that keeps returning to language. Maybe I didn't do it correctly, but it was still kind of fun anticipating what the next link would be!
- DorothyLv 45 years ago
You have missed something out.Ciggies give out a chemical that makes the tissue behind you skin sag,it slowly eats at the tissue loosening it.This gives a smoker a hangdog look.
