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Getting to Philosophy With Python

There’s a famous Wikipedia phenomena that by clicking the first link in the main text of the article on the English Wikipedia, you’ll eventually end up on the philosophy page. An explanation can be found here. Briefly, it’s because of Wikipedia Manual of Style guidelines that recommend that articles begin by telling “what or who the subject is, and often when and where”. This was true for roughly 97% of articles, so there’s a big chance that by entering a random Wikipedia page and following the procedure you’ll indeed end up on Philosophy.