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by codezero 4112 days ago
The title sets us up for contradiction! If it's correct then the answer to this post is Yes, which contradicts Betteridge's law, so the answer must be No. :)

edit: I didn't think this was controversial or anything, it was meant to be playful, sorry HN, I'll take my downvote lumps I guess.

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But answering "no" doesn't mean that, sometimes, the answer to these headline's question isn't "no". It simply means that Betteridge's law isn't always correct. Which I agree because, citing another pop/internet culture adage "only a Sith deals in absolutes".
..which in itself, is an absolute.

We've come full circle, here :)

Wow, what a twist.

To think that Obi-Wan is secretly Ian Betteridge.

I immediately thought of Russell's paradox[0] but turns out they are indeed related[1].

0.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox

1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox#Application...