2026-05-18 12:15 UTC
Russell used the teapot in arguments against religion but it could be used against any dubious, outrageous claim, offered without proof. He wrote, “nobody can prove that there is not between the Earth and Mars a china teapot revolving in an elliptical orbit, but nobody thinks this sufficiently likely to be taken into account in practice.”⠀
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@minouette@spore.social 2026-05-18 12:16
Other prints in my Imaginary Friends of Sciene include;⠀ Maxwell’s Demon, Descartes’ Demon, Laplace’s Demon, Schroedinger’s Cat, The Spherical Cow, Occam’s Razor, Lyell’s Amphibious Beast, and Turtles, all the way down.⠀🧵4/4