On 26 Aug 2004, at 23:02, wikien-l-request(a)Wikipedia.org wrote:
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 22:08:26 +0100
From: Pete/Pcb21 <pete_pcb21_wpmail(a)pcbartlett.com>
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 13, Issue 65
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Rick wrote:
Why not? It's going to bring up every
article with the term "George
Washington" in it, and if [[George Washington's underwear]] begins
... [[George Washington]] wore white [[boxer shorts]], then Google
will certainly pick it up.
that algorithm would be very much broken.
If Google listed it that highly (in GW's case in the first dozen pages
or so) then people are clearly interested in it, and that is a strong
argument for having the article.
Pete
'''Pete's paradox''', a concept from the fields of
[[philosophy]] and
[[logic]], is a [[paradox|paradoxical]] series of statements, which can
be summed up as follows:
# [[Google]] returns unwanted search results which users are not
interested in.
# External causes to Google's delivery of unwanted search results are
defined as nonexistent.
# Google is implied to be perfect.
# Thus, users must be interested in the unwanted search results.
== See also ==
* [[Epimenides paradox]]
* [[Eubulides of Miletus]]' [[Liar paradox]]
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