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Someone on Oct 9, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: So I made something that's pretty stupid but had f...

This law never will have exceptions that last long. Once its Wikipedia entry lists an exception, it no longer will be an exception, as the listing creates a path of length 2.

TheEzEzz on Oct 13, 2010 [–]

Ah, but then the article would have to be edited to remove the false exception, thus making the exception valid again.

It seems we've arrived at a proof that Wikipedia in fact can not have perfect, comprehensive knowledge of the world.

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