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'''Arthur's Paradox''' is an observation about quizbowl made by [[Bruce Arthur]]. It states that while quizbowl players adore concepts that are doubly-, triply-, or otherwise poly-eponymous, virtually no concepts created by quizbowl players to describe quizbowl are poly-eponymous.  
 
'''Arthur's Paradox''' is an observation about quizbowl made by [[Bruce Arthur]]. It states that while quizbowl players adore concepts that are doubly-, triply-, or otherwise poly-eponymous, virtually no concepts created by quizbowl players to describe quizbowl are poly-eponymous.  
 
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==Examples==
 
==Examples==
 
Examples of mono-eponymous concepts include:
 
Examples of mono-eponymous concepts include:
 
* [[Weiner's Laws]]
 
* [[Weiner's Laws]]
* [[Sorice's Rule of Blogs]]
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* [[Sorice's Rules of Blogs]]
 
* [[Magin's Analogy]]
 
* [[Magin's Analogy]]
 
* [[Magin's Law]]
 
* [[Magin's Law]]
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Ironically, Arthur's Paradox is also an example.
 
Ironically, Arthur's Paradox is also an example.
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See also [[:Category:Eponymous laws]].
  
 
==Exceptions==
 
==Exceptions==
 
Noted exceptions to Arthur's Paradox include:
 
Noted exceptions to Arthur's Paradox include:
 
* The [[Mukherjee-Passner Effect]]
 
* The [[Mukherjee-Passner Effect]]
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* The [[Hoppes-Mikanowski Limit]]
  
  
 
[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]
 
[[Category:Quizbowl lingo]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Latest revision as of 08:27, 25 May 2021

Arthur's Paradox is an observation about quizbowl made by Bruce Arthur. It states that while quizbowl players adore concepts that are doubly-, triply-, or otherwise poly-eponymous, virtually no concepts created by quizbowl players to describe quizbowl are poly-eponymous.

Examples

Examples of mono-eponymous concepts include:

Ironically, Arthur's Paradox is also an example.

See also Category:Eponymous laws.

Exceptions

Noted exceptions to Arthur's Paradox include: