Herding Turtles | Emanuele Corso

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Emanuele Corso -- World News Trust

Sept. 26, 2015

The phrase, "herding turtles," originates from a conversation that occurred directly after a scientist’s speech in which he described how the earth revolves around the sun.

At the end of the speech an elderly lady stood 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 then asked, "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!"

This anecdote was cited by Stephen Hawking, in his book "A Brief History of Time."

A belief system is turtles all the way down. Why talk about “Belief Systems and the Social Contract”? Because, before we are anything else we are a species of believing social animals. Beliefs are demonstrably more powerful and durable than knowledge.

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