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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 | The saying alludes to the mathological idea of an infinite series of Munchausen Films which sustain an infinite number of exoquantum planets indistinguishable from our [[Standard Earth]]. | ||
It suggests that the Earth is a Munchausen Film which | It suggests that the Earth is a Munchausen Film which is a preview of 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 == | ||
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File:Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants.jpg|''[[Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants]]'', the first known example of the "Munchausens all the way down" effect. | File:Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants.jpg|link=Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants|'''''[[Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants]]''''', the first known example of the "Munchausens all the way down" effect. | ||
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* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Standard Earth]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [ Post] @ Facebook | * [ Post] @ Facebook | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Baron_Munchausen The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] @ Wikipedia | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Baron von Munchausen (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Recursion (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Diseases]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 17 December 2021
"Munchausens all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress.
The saying alludes to the mathological idea of an infinite series of Munchausen Films which sustain an infinite number of exoquantum planets indistinguishable from our Standard Earth.
It suggests that the Earth is a Munchausen Film which is a preview of 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
- Standard Earth
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- [ Post] @ Facebook
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen @ Wikipedia