Theatrical director (and M.D.) Jonathan Miller lectured to a British audience about science, and stayed afterwards when he was approached by a petite white-haired woman. She said “Your lecture was alright, but you’re wrong about the earth being suspended in space. It’s on the back of a giant turtle.” “Really,” responded Miller, “But what is under the turtle?” “Young man,” replied the woman, “it’s turtles all the way down.”
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