Sir Terry Pratchett

Pete1950 · Mar 15, 2015

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So the world is supported on four elephants. And the elephants are standing on a turtle. And that turtle is standing on another turtle.
- So what is that turtle standing on?
- It's turtles all the way down.
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Just in case anybody didn't grasp the allusion, it's a well-known metaphor for the infinite regression problem. Terry Pratchett's sense of humour never failed him, or us.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

Chris · Mar 28, 2015

Terry Pratchett best quotes
particularly like 1, 11 and 13

Chris · Apr 2, 2015

BBC4 9pm tonight - A repeat

Pete1950 · Mar 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM

It was 10 years ago this Wednesday that Sir Terry died. He will be long remembered, and honoured.

ducv2 · Mar 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Indeed. I have finally started reading the disc world books in the order he suggested.

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