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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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How about creating tiny doll houses (-1)  
 
Which 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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Revision as of 09:39, 21 January 2021

"Doll houses all the way down" is an expression of the problem of infinite regress.

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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 tiny doll houses (-1)

Which 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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