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The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a doll house inside another doll house, like [[Matryoshka doll (nonfiction)|Matryoshka dolls]]. | The saying alludes to the mythological idea of a doll house inside another doll house, like [[Matryoshka doll (nonfiction)|Matryoshka dolls]]. | ||
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In the meantime, until the bigger house (+1), how about creating tiny doll houses (-1) that go inside 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)? | |||
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== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 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.
Commentary
In the meantime, until the bigger house (+1), how about creating tiny doll houses (-1) that go inside 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)?
- [ Comment] @ Facebook
In the News
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
External links
- Turtles all the way down @ Wikipedia
- Matryoshka @ Wikipedia