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


How about creating tiny doll houses (-1)  
Creating a tiny doll houses (-1)  


Which go inside normal-size doll houses (0)
Which goes inside a normal-size doll houses (0)
 
With a tiny doll figurine of you, using nano-tweezers to assemble individual molecules into yet smaller doll houses (3)?


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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Latest revision as of 09:43, 21 January 2021

"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 dolls.

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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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