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Jacob Fox

All roads lead to philosophy, as this Wikipedia game proves

Aristotle (384-322 BC), Classical Greek Philosopher, A student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, Statue of Aristotle at the Athens Academy, Athens, Central Greece, Attica, Europe.

I'm feeling a little sheepish because I spent a decade in higher education studying philosophy and have also spent a lot of time online over the years, and yet I had never heard of the philosophy game, or more aptly, the Wikipedia philosophy phenomenon. I'll let the Wiki page explain it:

"The Wikipedia philosophy phenomenon, sometimes called the 'Philosophy Game', is the tendency that English Wikipedia articles' first hyperlink, when clicked in a chain, will end in a loop at the article 'Philosophy'."

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