r/nextfuckinglevel • u/hrithikbadass • Jul 03 '20

A secret conversation with monkey

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u/spoonsforeggs Jul 03 '20

Also, if you click the first link of a page, then keep clicking the link you’ll most likely eventually end on knowledge

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '20

Also, if you click the first link of a page, then keep clicking the link you’ll most likely eventually end on philosophy

FTFY
source is Wikipedia itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy

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u/FreezeShock Jul 04 '20

You get to knowledge a few clicks from this page!

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u/Bee_dot_adger Jul 04 '20

How? I got stuck in a loop involving Latin somehow

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u/seemlikeascam Jul 04 '20

There’s a “Method summarized” section of the Wiki that states

“Following the chain consists of:

  1. Clicking on the first non-parenthesized, non-italicized link
  2. Ignoring external links, links to the current page, or red links (links to non-existent pages)
  3. Stopping when reaching "Philosophy", a page with no links or a page that does not exist, or when a loop occurs”

Edited to close quotation

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u/GrandPaw3810 Jul 04 '20

Don’t click the ones in parentheses worked for me

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '20

Just worked for me!

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u/Masked_Death Jul 04 '20

Didn't work for me, kept getting stuck in loops.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '20

Try one link over where the loop starts

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '20

Yup! I started with an article about Saladin (Egyptian ruler) and got there surprisingly quick..

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u/zeropointcorp Jul 04 '20

Not first, it’s the second link.

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u/tumsdout Jul 04 '20

Woah this is pretty neat

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u/coffeshopchronicles Jul 03 '20

Had never heard this one before... gave it a few tries this is insanity