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"'''Doll houses all the way down'''" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. 

== Description ==

The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a doll house inside another doll house, like [[Matryoshka doll (nonfiction)|Matryoshka dolls]].

== Commentary ==

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In the meantime, until the bigger house (+1) becomes available, how about —

Creating a tiny doll houses (-1) 

Which goes inside a normal-size doll houses (0)

With a tiny doll figurine of you assembling individual molecules into a series of yet smaller figurines and doll houses (-2, -3, ... -n)?
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== In the News ==

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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Attorney Recursion Disorder]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[L'eggs all the way down]]
* [[Phalanges all the way down]]
* [[Recursion Safety Agency]] - see also [[Recursion Safety Working Group]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Matryoshka doll (nonfiction)]]
* [[Recursion (nonfiction)]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down Turtles all the way down] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll Matryoshka] @ Wikipedia

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