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But but didn't the lady said it's "Turtles all the way down ?" See cosmology is tricky no matter where you are :D PS. According to historic records (DISCWORLD

But but didn't the lady said it's "Turtles all the way down ?" See cosmology is tricky no matter where you are :D PS. According to historic records (DISCWORLD 1-41) you are right :P

lostlogin 4y ago
If we (foolishly) ignore the one true source and read the wiki: Stephen Hawking incorporates the saying into the beginning of his 1988 book A Brief History of Time:[20] A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
- rawoke083600 4y ago
  This is what the internet was supposed to be ! Correcting the others on how many turtles is holding up everything :D :D Dammit I missed Terry Pratchett :( - The man had a wicked crazy mind and flair to focus it to produce the most amazing stories, scenarios and humour. Like having a "Thieves Guild" - "If you going to have crime you might as well have organised crime" For those that don't know, in this scenario. The Thieves guild" got a 'budget' of how much they can steal per year (?) and if you got robbed the thief would give you a receipt. Oh and any 'unlicensed thieving' was dealt with and 'policed' by the guild itself :)
  - lostlogin 4y ago
    Was Pratchett making a dig at taxation? The thieves guild sounds rather like government taxation.
    - rawoke083600 4y ago
      Lol maybe !
Trouble_007 4y ago
>"Turtles all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. < : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down
- rawoke083600 4y ago
  I would love to see that phrase used in some serious math proof or paper :)

But but didn't the lady said it's "Turtles all the way down ?" See cosmology is tricky no matter where you are :D PS. According to historic records (DISCWORLD 1-41) you are right :P

lostlogin 4y ago

If we (foolishly) ignore the one true source and read the wiki: Stephen Hawking incorporates the saying into the beginning of his 1988 book A Brief History of Time:[20] A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

rawoke083600 4y ago
This is what the internet was supposed to be ! Correcting the others on how many turtles is holding up everything :D :D Dammit I missed Terry Pratchett :( - The man had a wicked crazy mind and flair to focus it to produce the most amazing stories, scenarios and humour. Like having a "Thieves Guild" - "If you going to have crime you might as well have organised crime" For those that don't know, in this scenario. The Thieves guild" got a 'budget' of how much they can steal per year (?) and if you got robbed the thief would give you a receipt. Oh and any 'unlicensed thieving' was dealt with and 'policed' by the guild itself :)
- lostlogin 4y ago
  Was Pratchett making a dig at taxation? The thieves guild sounds rather like government taxation.
  - rawoke083600 4y ago
    Lol maybe !

Trouble_007 4y ago

>"Turtles all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. < : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

rawoke083600 4y ago
I would love to see that phrase used in some serious math proof or paper :)