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stone space

(6,498 posts) Mon Apr 28, 2014, 01:18 AM Apr 2014

Reductionism

Sociologists really want to be Psychologists.

Psychologists really want to be Biologists.

Biologists really want to be Chemists.

Chemists really want to be Physicists.

Physicists really want to be God.

And God really wants to be a Mathematician.

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Reductionism (Original Post) stone space Apr 2014 OP

ROFLMAO!! longship Apr 2014 #1

Oh. My. Zod. DetlefK Apr 2014 #2

You can wrap it into a nice infinite loop. jeff47 Apr 2014 #3

I'm a mathematical logician by profession, but I was going to say that... stone space Apr 2014 #4

longship

(40,416 posts)

1. ROFLMAO!!

Reply to stone space (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 07:09 AM

Apr 2014

This post made my morning.

R& fucking K

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

2. Oh. My. Zod.

Reply to stone space (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 11:00 AM

Apr 2014

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

3. You can wrap it into a nice infinite loop.

Reply to stone space (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:05 PM

Apr 2014

Sociologists really are Psychologists.

Psychologists really are Biologists.

Biologists really are Chemists.

Chemists really are Physicists.

Physicists really are Mathematicians

Mathematicians really are Logicians

Logicians really are Philosophers

Philosophers really are Creative Writers

Creative Writers really are Sociologists

stone space

(6,498 posts)

4. I'm a mathematical logician by profession, but I was going to say that...

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 28, 2014, 11:42 PM

Apr 2014

...a mathematician really wants to be an artist.

Not sure where it goes from there.

Looks like turtles all the way down to me.

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