^Like ^Turtles ^Treat ^Ridicule ~as~ ~metaphor~ ~likewise~ ~derision~

Figure

One large turtle, standing on two smaller turtles, standing on four smaller turtles. The four turtles standing on seven other stacks of seven turtles.

Annotate

  1. ^Model every ~turtle~ (for ~example~, ^Concept) ~as~ ^Turtles all the ~way~ down. 
    1. So each ~part~ or ~support~ of each ~turtle~ is just another ~turtle~. 
  2. ^Model every ~collection~ of ~turtles~ (in ~relation~ to ~one-another~) ~as~ just another ~turtle~. 

Subject

^Turtles (all the ~way~ down) is a mode of ^Symbol that ~helps~ us to ^Focus on self-similarity ~as~ a ~mechanism~ to ^Magnify ^Complex ~ideas~.  I ^Believe the ~source~ of this ~idea~ of ^Turtles all the ~way~ down is an ancient parable.  The ~benefit~ of this ~idea~ is that ~as~ we ^Learn about ~turtles~ and ^How to ^Model them, we can ^Work to ^Create a ^Sufficient ^Concept to ^Understand each ~turtle~ in ~parts~ or ~turtles~ in ~combination~ ^Likewise. 

Target

Anytime we have something that is ^Complex, we can ^Trust the ^Turtles principle to hack our ~way~ through the muddy ~middle~. 

We may ^Follow the ^Turtles principle to ^Create a ^Strong ~foundation~. 

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