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uh oh... found a loop

mathematics -> quantity -> property_(philosophy) -> modern_philosophy -> western_europe -> europe -> continent -> landmass -> landform -> earth_sciences -> science -> knowledge -> fact -> information -> finite_set -> mathematics.



Makes sense for mathematics to be a loop since it's a self contained system.


Hmm. I just tried "Howard Hughes" and got only 15 steps.

Business_magnate -> Philanthropy -> Ancient_Greece -> History_of_Greece -> Greeks -> Nation -> Sovereign_state -> -> State_(polity) -> Social_sciences -> Field_of_study -> Academia -> Community -> Interacting -> Action_(philosophy) -> Philosophy

Has the script been tweaked already?


modern_philosophy -> western_europe

Looks like "philosophy" is the first link on the "Modern philosophy" page (and was last week when I first tried this).

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Modern_philosophy&...


I wonder how many Wikipedia edits this week are going to be to undo loops.


Me, I'd be more inclined to create them >_>


"Sushi" leads to a loop, too:

sushi japanese_cuisine japan japanese_language arabic_numerals symbol numeral_system mathematical_notation uh oh... found a loop


Its supposed to stop at philosophy..




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