Vladimir_Nesov comments on Less Wrong Rationality and Mainstream Philosophy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lukeprog 21 May 2011 04:16:15PM * 5 points [-]

Go to a random wikipedia article. Click on the first link (skip parentheses). Repeat. You will always end up on 'Philosophy.'

Below is a list of the random articles I began from, and how long it took me to get to the Philosophy article.

Some, however, go into an immediate loop, for example between fringe theatre and alternative theatre.

Philosophy, of course, loops back on itself in just a few steps.

The Wikipedia version of the Collatz conjecture.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 May 2011 05:00:52PM 5 points [-]

And if you click two more times starting from Philosophy, you get to Rationality. Rationality, of course, loops back to itself.