How every Wikipedia article links to Philosophy

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The discussion centers around an intriguing website that generates topic trees, showcasing unexpected connections between various subjects. Users explore diverse topics, often leading to surprising links, such as a journey from biology to philosophy in just 13 steps. Notably, the automatic appearance of philosophy on the site prompts users to drag it into view, highlighting its relevance. The conversation touches on the peculiar connections between philosophers and seemingly unrelated topics, like heavy metal music and pop icons. Participants express amusement at the randomness of the connections, with one user humorously noting a lengthy branch that included "taco." Overall, the thread emphasizes the fascinating and often bizarre nature of associative thinking facilitated by the website.
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Obviously this could work for any topic but I thought it was interesting: http://xefer.com/wikipedia
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I tried several topics and they ended with biology. Ok, now the trees are showing up. Buwahaha... ALIENS!
 
I got an interesting tree with 'insects, hilbert space, marilyn monroe, charcoal, guitar, hohenzollern, chert, and enigma' .

It's all philosophy
 
Bizarrely when one opens the website philosophy appears automatically and drops down beneath the screen (drag it up by clicking and dragging).
 
I was taken from dichromate, on my mind earlier today, to philosophy in 13 steps.
 
Funny how the link between philosophers and philosophy is so far. The link from David Hume to Philosophy visits Heavy metal music.
 
disregardthat said:
Funny how the link between philosophers and philosophy is so far. The link from David Hume to Philosophy visits Heavy metal music.
And rock music, which is not along the path from Philosophy to Michael Jackson.

These trees are Chinese Room AI in action.
 
Thanks for the link! I finally have an understanding of what's it like to be in Mr. Colbert's mind.

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I got a surprisingly long branch with "taco" :biggrin:
 
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