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[[File:Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants.jpg|thumb|''[[Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants]]'', the first known example of Munchausens all the way down.]]"'''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 a World Munchausen Film that supports the earth on its back.  
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 this Munchausen Film rests on the back of an even Munchausen Film, which itself is part of a column of increasingly large World Munchausen Films that continues indefinitely (i.e., "Munchausen all the way down").
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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* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]]
* ''[[Demented Time Traveler With Superpowers Does Whatever The Hell He Wants]]'']]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Standard Earth]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [ Post] @ Facebook


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Baron_Munchausen The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] @ Wikipedia


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[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Baron von Munchausen (nonfiction)]]
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[[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

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • [ Post] @ Facebook
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