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DanInTokyo
on Aug 23, 2013
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1,600 Year Old Goblet Shows Romans Used Nanotechno...
Not necessarily even the shoulders of giants (with all due respect to Newton), but on the shoulders of normal, inquisitive men and women who are standing on the shoulders of countless other normal men and women.
It's turtles all the way down.
umruehren
on Aug 23, 2013
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"You can stand on the shoulders of giants, or a big enough pile of dwarfs. Works either way." - (wish I knew the source)
DanInTokyo
on Aug 23, 2013
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Sounds Pratchett-esque to me...
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It's turtles all the way down.