So I was reading XKCD.com, which I would suggest doing, unless you are adverse to the cultural callousness that is, well, our culture. And one of the hover-over's tipped me off on a quirky little fact/game.
Wikipedia Trivia via XKCD.com:
Visit any (major?) Wikipedia article and click on the first blue link that isn't in (parenthesis) or italics and you will eventually land on the PHILOSOPHY page.Now I would argue that you actually land on the METAPHYSICS page, but of course you then enter a neverending loop of Philosophy -> Metaphysics, so who knows. Go try it! (Note: I am sure there are some little Wiki-pages that have no links where you can game this, but yeah if you are that person... well then yay for you.)
Here is my journey, I started with Antidisestablishmentarianism, and each subsequent word is the first linked word according to the rules. (Words in parenthesis are the landing page if different):
Antidisestablishmentarianism -> Britain (United Kingdom) -> Sovereign state -> State -> Social Sciences -> Fields (Academic Discipline) -> Academic (Academia) -> Community -> Interacting (Interaction) -> Causal (Causality) -> Events (Event [Philosophy]) -> PHILOSOPHY -> Metaphyiscs =>> PhilosophySo there you have it. Try it yourself!
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Pope Pius XII>Pope>Bishop>Catholic Church>Christianity>Monotheism>Deity>Preternatural>Nature>Phenomenon>Observation>Knowledge>Fact>Information>Sequence>Mathematics>Quantity>Property>Modern Philosophy
Sumatran giant shrew> Shrew>Mammal>Class>Biological classification>Biologist>Scientist>
System>Elements>Mathematics>Quantity>Property>Modern Philosophy>Philosophy
Started of with Game of Thrones and I eventually got there.
Hmm. I started with "chopsticks," which took me to "eating utensils," which took me right back to "chopsticks." :-/
Wait, it worked! I just had to avoid the redundancy. Funny roundabout route. I cheered once I got to "modern philosophy," because I knew the next one was it!
Great - another Internet time-waster. Awesome!
I started with Dr Who, and I got there.
Soviet Union -> constitutionally (Constitution of the Soviet Union) -> Soviet Union -> constitutionally (Constitution of the Soviet Union) -> Soviet Union -> constitutionally (Constitution of the Soviet Union)....ummm...I'm stuck.
Christina:
WOW! I thought for sure you were wrong, but I checked it and you are right. Their constitutionally links back around.
Others have thought they found one that didn't work, it just turns out well... that they were wrong. I am sure there are others.
I didn't invent this game, again, I found it on XKCD, so I don't know if this is on purpose or what. Therefore I dont know if this is an improper link or what.
Don't you hate that, it's like I provided you a game with no ending or purpose.
Mine would have been stuck but I skipped a repetitious word in order to get somewhere new...then it worked.
Crazy, I love it. Here's mine.
Booze
Alcoholic beverage
Drink
Liquid
State of matter
Phase (matter)
physical science
Natural science
Naturalism (philosophy)
Philosophy
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