Thread: Silliness Is it elephants or turtles all the way down?
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Old 11-29-2009, 04:09 PM   #5
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Wikipedia has an interesting article on this important philosophical dilemma.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

I especially like the "In popular culture" section

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An alternative version of the phrase is used on the TV show The Office. In the Season 5 episode "New Boss", Pam Beesly is brainstorming potential birthday surprises for her boss, Michael Scott. She suggests "...and then, out of that cake, pops another stripper holding a smaller cake. And then an even smaller stripper pops out of that one." When questioned about what the smaller stripper will be holding, she responds, "A cupcake. It's strippers and cupcakes, all the way down."
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