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Re:Does Chinese Civilization Come from Ancient Egypt? by GunboatDiplomat on Saturday September 03, 2016 @05:34PM (#12421321)
Betteridge's Law.
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Re:Does Chinese Civilization Come from Ancient Egypt? by stock_toaster on Saturday September 03, 2016 @06:08PM (#12421479)
There must be a corollary law, that states: "Any comment that quotes Betteridge's Law will have a large number of down-votes."
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Re:Does Chinese Civilization Come from Ancient Egypt? by bbcbasic on Saturday September 03, 2016 @07:10PM (#12421720)
"Comments that quote Betteridge's Law get the most upvotes?"

Would be an appropriate headline

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Re:Does Chinese Civilization Come from Ancient Egypt? by Steko on Saturday September 03, 2016 @11:04PM (#12422459)
Another possible corollary: any page 1 article with a question in the title will have a comment referencing Betteridge's law. This comment will either be the second most upvoted or the most downvoted comment.
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Re:Does Chinese Civilization Come from Ancient Egypt? by davidgerard on Saturday September 03, 2016 @06:23PM (#12421535)
Indeed. I was hoping for more.
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