# XKCD:Extended Mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174 "2011-05-25T17:00:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/21 "2011-05-26T05:32:34Z")
You now get from Philosophy to Science in fewer than 10 clicks. ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/22 "2011-05-26T07:03:47Z")
I saw capoeira mentioned in another thread, so I followed the path: capoeira, Brazil, South America, continent, landmass, landform, earth science, science, knowledge, fact, information, finite set, mathematics, quantity, property, modern philosophy, philosophy (so 16 clicks). This doesn’t appear to match with what other posters mentioned above. People must still be messing with the links. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/23 "2011-05-27T01:59:33Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > I think you’re ignoring the rule about clicking the first link _not in parentheses or italics_. No, I’m not, but it looks like it’s been changed again. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/24 "2011-05-27T03:11:06Z")
It took me 33 clicks to get from “Hangover” (movie) to philosophy ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/25 "2011-05-27T17:18:53Z")
I tried the last thing I looked up on Wiki, which happened to be “Liberty Ship”. I got this: Liberty Ship Cargo Ship Ship Bouyant (auto-redirects to bouyancy) Bouyancy Physics Natural science Science Knowledge Facts Information Sequence Mathematics Quantity Property\_(philosophy) Modern philosophy Philosophy So we had a bit of detour into the math / info vortex but still got spit out into the pure transcendent Form of Philosophy after just 16 or 17 steps from a WWII boat. ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/26 "2011-05-27T18:00:26Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I got this: See, we both hit the same path for a bit, had a change, and then they came back together. Constant updates I guess! (my middle part: science, knowledge, fact, information, finite set, mathematics, quantity) (yours: Science, Knowledge, Facts, Information, Sequence, Mathematics, Quantity) ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/27 "2011-05-27T20:21:31Z")
We had a little play with this over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609905). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174/28 "2011-05-27T20:22:03Z")
> [@Tess\_Trueheart](#): > > See, we both hit the same path for a bit, had a change, and then they came back together. Constant updates I guess! > > (my middle part: science, knowledge, fact, information, finite set, mathematics, quantity) > (yours: Science, Knowledge, Facts, Information, Sequence, Mathematics, Quantity) I checked the history on the “Information” page (where our two paths diverge) and it’s been revised dozens of times in the last couple of days in response to the xkcd comic & folks like us clicking around. My gosh, it’s learning. And reacting to the larger world. Maybe … it’s becoming sentient!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-extended-mind/583174.md?page=1)