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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.




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...




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