<![CDATA[Happy birthday to #philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, amongst other things speculated about a teapot orbiting in space.]]>Happy birthday to Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, amongst other things speculated about a teapot orbiting in space. This lino block print of Russell’s Teapot is part of my series of Imaginary Friends of Science of charismatic thought experiments. In this case, the alledged china teapot, in orbit between Earth and Mars is an analogy by philosopher Bertrand Russell to make the case that the 🧵
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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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spore.social/users/minouette/statuses/116595528336377942https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://spore.social/users/minouette/statuses/116595528336377942Mon, 18 May 2026 12:16:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Happy birthday to #philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) who, amongst other things speculated about a teapot orbiting in space. on Mon, 18 May 2026 12:15:55 GMT]]>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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The Earth appears in blue in the corner. The China teapot itself has a blue flower pattern, and is shown magnified. Mars is in red with two tiny moons. At the bottom are the symbols for the solar system: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and the extra teapot, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.â €
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