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"'''Munchausens all the way down'''" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. | "'''Munchausens all the way down'''" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress. | ||
The saying alludes to the mythological idea of | The saying alludes to the mythological idea of an infinite series of Munchausen Films that supports the earth on their backs. | ||
It suggests that | It suggests that the Earth is a Munchausen Film which rests on the back of an even more exuberant, flamboyant Munchausen Film, which itself is part of series of increasingly bizarre Munchausen Films which continue indefinitely (i.e., "Munchausens all the way down"). | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 13:40, 12 August 2020
"Munchausens all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress.
The saying alludes to the mythological idea of an infinite series of Munchausen Films that supports the earth on their backs.
It suggests that the Earth is a Munchausen Film which rests on the back of an even more exuberant, flamboyant Munchausen Film, which itself is part of series of increasingly bizarre Munchausen Films which continue indefinitely (i.e., "Munchausens all the way down").
In the News
Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants, the first known example of the "Munchausens all the way down" effect.
Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants]]
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
Nonfiction cross-reference
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