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Reminds me of The Prometheus Rising William James, father of American psychology, tells of meeting an old lady who told him the Earth rested on the back of a h
by zeeshanqureshi 5y ago
Reminds me of The Prometheus Rising
William James, father of American psychology, tells of meeting an old lady who told him the Earth rested on the back of a huge turtle.
"But, my dear lady," Professor James asked, as politely as possible, "what holds up the turtle?""It's no use, Professor," said the old lady "It's turtles-turtles- turtles, all the way!"
- dhosek 5y agoThe Turtles thing predates James (and was probably originally rocks): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
- zeeshanqureshi 5y agoI know, the original source is obscure on that one. I've also heard that the anecdote (mentioned in TPR) didn't involve William James and that it was Bert Russell talking to the lady.
- bmitc 5y agoI never tire of hearing these apocryphal turtle stories. They’re just hilarious to me.
- lai-yin 5y agoI thought I hit rock bottom, but then I realized there were more rock bottoms beneath the rock bottom. It's rock bottoms all the way down.