Turtles all the way down.

A well-known scientist 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 center 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!"

Kurt Vonnegut on the principles of storytelling. Brilliant and funny

(Reblogged from neurokinetics)

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Kurt Vonnegut on...principles of storytelling.
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The elements of storytelling in three mathematically-viable functions.
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peter5tewart: Kurt Vonnegut on the principles of storytelling. Brilliant. What can we say - the man knows stories.
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This is the best.
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What can we say - the man knows stories.
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Kurt Vonnegut on the principles of storytelling. Brilliant and funny
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