Published on: 2025-06-25 10:29:28
After a lecture on cosmology, William James was challenged by a skeptic: "Your theories are incorrect. The Earth rests on a turtle," "And what holds up the turtle?" James asked. "Another turtle," came the reply. "And what holds that up?" pressed James. The skeptic was undeterred: "You can't fool me, sir. It’s turtles all the way down." — Anecdote attributed to William James ([via J.R. Ross, 1967](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down)) This is the 2nd post in a series of 4
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