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Daniël's Law is an adage and epigram that is typically stated as: “If the answer cannot be found on the first page of Google, it is not true.”
This term was first used by Daniël Bakker to disprove wrong statements raised in a discussion.
History
[edit]In September 2021, a fellow student of Daniël Bakker, Kevin Dao stated that the striker class in the popular game Black Desert Online, was so strong the class could kill another player with one press of the button. To prove this statement Dao searched on Google for any evidence. However, Dao was unable to provide any evidence to back his claim. Making Bakker conclude that the statement was false.
Later, on the 5th of October 2021. Dao made another false claim. Dao claimed that killing flies with an electric flyswatter would result in their insides bursting out. This supposedly would have adverse health effects on the human body. A quick search on the first page of Google did not confirm this statement. Soon after, Bakker proposed Daniël’s Law, a law that states that if the answer cannot be found on the first page of Google, it is not true.