https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridg ... _headlines
I expect it can be applied to thread titles e.g Is Trump Mad?, Is electric the end of the bike as we know it? Brompton + electric motor = The ultimate bicycle? LeJog on the NCN | Leaving in September | Is there ANYTHING else that I should know? Lejog for wimps please- or am I on my own?
Betteridge's Law of Headlines
Betteridge's Law of Headlines
Richard M
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Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
Is this a genuine Law?
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
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Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
661-Pete wrote:Is this a genuine Law?
Yes, sure. Passed all its readings in the H of C and enacted last week. Like Murphy's, Parkinson's and Gresham's Laws.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
Don't forget Godwin's. The grammar nazis are sure to bring that one up...Mike Sales wrote:661-Pete wrote:Is this a genuine Law?
Yes, sure. Passed all its readings in the H of C and enacted last week. Like Murphy's, Parkinson's and Gresham's Laws.
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines
Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no".
In my defence, the Brompton title was somewhat sarcastic, whether it carried or not, I don't know.
That is my story and I'm sticking to it.
BTW, I like that someone used all caps for the word ANYTHING. I might do that for all instances of the word ANYTHING from now on...or I might not...
In my defence, the Brompton title was somewhat sarcastic, whether it carried or not, I don't know.
That is my story and I'm sticking to it.
BTW, I like that someone used all caps for the word ANYTHING. I might do that for all instances of the word ANYTHING from now on...or I might not...
Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
661-Pete wrote:Is this a genuine Law?
No
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
"All we are not stares back at what we are"
W H Auden
Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
reohn2 wrote:661-Pete wrote:Is this a genuine Law?
No
Doesn't that show that the answer is 'yes'?
Richard M
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Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
richardfm wrote:reohn2 wrote:661-Pete wrote:Is this a genuine Law?
No
Doesn't that show that the answer is 'yes'?
Well spotted or maybe not
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
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Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
richardfm wrote:reohn2 wrote:661-Pete wrote:Is this a genuine Law?
No
Doesn't that show that the answer is 'yes'?
No, not a headline.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
Re: Betteridge's Law of Headlines?
Mike Sales wrote:richardfm wrote:reohn2 wrote:No
Doesn't that show that the answer is 'yes'?
No, not a headline.
That's lucky, if the answer was 'yes' we could have had some explaining to do.
Richard M
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