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There is a saying that for every aphorism there is an equal and opposite aphorism. An equivalent process occurs with Wikipedia, where there are several essays that are often in competition with one another and can be used to imply conclusions that are mutually exclusive. This process is known as Wolfson's law or Newton's third law for Wikipedia. This can be somewhat problematic in a discussion such as AfD where there can be only one result of the discussion.