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[stansimpson]

Philosophy->Existence->Sense->Perception->Awareness->Consciousness->Mind->Panpsychism->Philosophy

Philosophy leads back to philosophy in eight steps.

This game's a mobius strip!

Whoa > Kung Pow! Enter the Fist > Hong Kong action cinema > Cinema of Hong Kong > Movie theater > Ticket (admission) > Voucher > Money > Payment > Party > Person > Human > Taxonomy > Science ...and so forth.

[D.B. Barnes]

"chicken" > "corn" > "green peppers" > "chili" > *sigh* > "onions?"

[stansimpson]

(Pssst.... read the first post!).

[D.B. Barnes]

(Pssst.... read the first post!).

I would, but I have to go get my bone longened.

[ManUnderMask]

I'm putting this to the test:

porn -> sexuality -> penis -> vertebrate -> subphylum -> taxonomic rank -> biological classification -> biologist -> scientist -> system -> latin -> italic language -> Indo-European -> language family -> language -> human -> taxonomy -> Ancient Greek -> Greek language -> Greeks -> nation -> sovereign state -> state (polity) -> social sciences -> list of academic disciplines -> academia -> community -> interaction -> causality -> result -> sequence -> mathematics -> quantity -> property (philosophy) -> modern philosophy.

Heh, what do you know, it worked.

[D.B. Barnes]

I'm putting this to the test:

porn -> sexuality -> penis -> vertebrate -> subphylum -> taxonomic rank -> biological classification -> biologist -> scientist -> system -> latin -> italic language -> Indo-European -> language family -> language -> human -> taxonomy -> Ancient Greek -> Greek language -> Greeks -> nation -> sovereign state -> state (polity) -> social sciences -> list of academic disciplines -> academia -> community -> interaction -> causality -> result -> sequence -> mathematics -> quantity -> property (philosophy) -> modern philosophy.

Heh, what do you know, it worked.

Ooooh, porn. You sure you wanna push the envelope like that? Might wanna wrap a spoiler tag around that.

 

[Thrifty]

Okay.  I know a word that won't possibly lead to Philosophy.  Nihilism. 

*goes to Wikipedia*

Oh crap.  Who'd have thunk it?

[Thrifty]

I'm putting this to the test:

porn -> sexuality -> penis -> vertebrate -> subphylum -> taxonomic rank -> biological classification -> biologist -> scientist -> system -> latin -> italic language -> Indo-European -> language family -> language -> human -> taxonomy -> Ancient Greek -> Greek language -> Greeks -> nation -> sovereign state -> state (polity) -> social sciences -> list of academic disciplines -> academia -> community -> interaction -> causality -> result -> sequence -> mathematics -> quantity -> property (philosophy) -> modern philosophy.

Heh, what do you know, it worked.

"list of academic disciplines" must have been edited since yesterday, rendering several of my earlier posts incorrect.

[Thrifty]

dog > gray wolf > Canidae > biological family > biological classification > organism > biology > natural science > science > knowledge > facts > information > sequence > mathematics > quantity > property > modern philosophy > philosophy

[goflyblind]

xkcd > webcomic > comics > graphic > visual > visible light > electromagnetic radiation > energy > physics > natural science > science > knowledge > facts > information > sequence > mathematics > quantity > property (philosophy) > modern philosophy > philosophy

[Johnny Unusual]

Okay.  I know a word that won't possibly lead to Philosophy.  Nihilism. 

*goes to Wikipedia*

Oh crap.  Who'd have thunk it?

Crap (from disambiguation) > feces > American and British Spelling differences (turns out there's many ways to spell feces) > American and British English differences > American English > dialect > linguistics >grammar > structure > intangible > economics > Social Sciences > List of Academic Differences > Academia > Community > Interaction > Causality > result > sequence > mathematics > quantity > property > modern philosophy

23 links!

[Pak-Man]

Birdemic > 2008 in Film > film industry > Production Company > New Media > Media Studies > List of Academic Diciplines > Knowledge > Facts > Information > Sequence > Mathematics > Quantity > Property (Philosophy)

I find it interesting that it eventually takes the same road as Porn. :^)

[AmazingThor]

meta-joke>joke>humurous>laughter>stress>dynamic mechanical analysis>Viscoelasticity>viscosity>drag(physics)>fluid dynamics>physics>natural science>science>knowledge>facts>information>sequence>mathematics>quantity>property>modern philosophy>philosophy

whew!
21 links

[Johnny Unusual]

I would have thought an abstract concept like humour would get to philosophy much sooner.

[Pak-Man]

The Secret of Monkey Island > Graphic Adventure Game > Adventure Game > Video Game > Electonic Game > Game > Play (Activity) > Ethology > Zoology > Biology > Natural Science > science > knowledge > facts > information > sequence > mathematics > quantity > property > modern philosophy > philosophy


I like how the topics get more and more rudimentary right up until it falls into that science pitfall. :^)