--- Brian Densmore [email protected] wrote:
Is it possible to invoke Godwin's law by naming Eva Braun, it being a circular reference to Hitler? Or does that invoke the corollary of Godwin's law? Or is it in itself a circular reference to Godwin's law?
I think its a good time to point out that "Godwin's Law" is nothing more and nothing less a statement of the probability of Hitler being mentioned in a given discussion, being that the probability of Hitler being mentioned in a UseNet discussion ("Godwin's Law" was originally developed on UseNet NEWS) is directly proportional to the length of the UseNet discussion.
It does not make any mention of who "wins" the discussion, a common misconception about "Godwin's Law".
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