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davidsmith8900 on Dec 9, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Wouldn't It Be Better If Wikipedia Had Ads...

- Thanks cprncus, but where can I find this mathematical statement from?

sp332 on Dec 9, 2013 [–]

It's not mathematically proven, but empirically derived and sometimes wrong. It's called Betteridge's Law of Headlines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

davidsmith8900 on Dec 9, 2013 | [–]

- I never knew about this link, thank you sp332.

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