Re: THE THREE "LAWS OF THOUGHT"

From: Immortalist (Reanimater_2000_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:48:28 -0700

"Dave Seaman" <dseaman@no.such.host> wrote in message
news:ckejgj$e3r$1@mozo.cc.purdue.edu...
> On 11 Oct 2004 09:52:17 -0700, T.M. wrote:
> > tuckpointer wrote:
>
> > I am really greatful for your kind response.
>
> >> The "basis for mathematics" was never decided. [...]
>
> > Right. If I may quote another poster I tremendously respect and value,
> > it is "turtles all the way down" (btw, I do not even know what it
> > really means).
>
> Google does.
>

Stephen Hawking in A Brief History Of Time starts with the anecdote. A well-known
scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on
astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in
turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.

At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and
said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate
supported on the back of a giant tortoise."

The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise
standing on?"

"You're very clever, young man, very clever," said the old lady. "But it's
turtles all the way down."

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22turtles+all+the+way+down%22

There's a hole in the middle of the sea
There's a hole in the middle of the sea
There's a hole, there's a hole
There's a hole in the middle of the sea

There's a log in the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a log in the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a log, there's a log
There's a log in the hole in the middle of the sea

There's a bump on the log in the hole
In the middle of the sea
There's a bump on the log in the hole
In the middle of the sea
There's a bump, there's a bump
There's a bump on the log in the hole
In the middle of the sea

There's a frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a frog, there's a frog
There's a frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea

There's a fly on the frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a fly on the frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a fly, there's a fly
There's a fly on the frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea

There's a wing on the fly on the frog
On the bump on the log in the hole
In the middle of the sea
There's a wing on the fly on the frog
On the bump on the log in the hole
In the middle of the sea
There's a wing, there's a wing
There's a wing on the fly on the frog
On the bump on the log in the hole
In the middle of the sea

There's a flea on the wing on the fly
On the frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a flea on the wing on the fly
On the frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea
There's a flea, there's a flea
There's a flea on the wing on the fly
On the frog on the bump on the log
In the hole in the middle of the sea?

http://www.google.com/search?q=a+log+in+the+hole

> --
> Dave Seaman
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