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Scunthorpe Problem

en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas

45.3durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery20.0/20
Persistence17.8/20
20 submissions19 people8 active years
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No. 3Unchecked

The Chinese Room Argument

plato.stanford.edu · Learning & ideas

40.3durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery19.1/20
Persistence16.3/20
12 submissions12 people6 active years
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Kessler Syndrome

en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas

43.1durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery19.9/20
Persistence18.2/20
14 submissions14 people9 active years
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Dynamic languages are static languages

existentialtype.wordpress.com · Software engineering

40.5durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery18.0/20
Persistence17.5/20
10 submissions10 people7 active years
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The Javascript Trap

gnu.org · Software engineering

42.6durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence19.0/20
Independent discovery18.6/20
11 submissions11 people9 active years
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Swatch Internet Time

en.wikipedia.org · Web & internet

44.1durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery20.0/20
Persistence19.1/20
21 submissions20 people10 active years
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The AI-Box Experiment

yudkowsky.net · AI & data

39.3durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence17.6/20
Independent discovery16.6/20
8 submissions8 people7 active years
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Killed by Google

killedbygoogle.com · Learning & ideas

46.0durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Sustained discussion10.0/10
Independent discovery19.6/20
17 submissions16 people7 active years
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PHP 8.0.0 beta 2

php.net · Learning & ideas

36.2durability93% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Persistence15.2/20
Sustained discussion7.5/10
7 submissions6 people5 active years
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Fossil versus Git

fossil-scm.org · Software engineering

38.9durability84% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Sustained discussion10.0/10
Independent discovery15.8/20
7 submissions7 people4 active years
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Orthodox C++

gist.github.com · Learning & ideas

36.6durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery15.8/20
Persistence15.8/20
7 submissions7 people6 active years
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Paris syndrome

en.wikipedia.org · Learning & ideas

42.1durability100% evidence confidence
Strongest evidenceshare of maximum
Independent discovery19.5/20
Persistence17.6/20
13 submissions13 people8 active years
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