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The Monument of Ultimate Futility takes the form of a long step ladder that's firmly anchored in a public place. At the top of the ladder is a platform on which there is a glass case containing the actual monument.
A well controlled queuing system ensures that only one person at a time can climb
the stairs and view the Monument before descending.
The Monument itself consists of a detailed scale model of a long step ladder that reaches a platform on which there is a glass case with a tiny figure staring in at another model of The Monument of Ultimate Futility.
This idea has been fully approved by the estate of the late De Selby.
A Monument To European Financial Unity
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Prior Art [8th of 7, Sep 22 2020]
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You've read The Cyberiad too ? |
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Are you SURE you're American ... ? |
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Do they climb back down the ladder, or does some powerful concealed mechanism flip them off ... ? |
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The latter would be more efficient in terms of throughput, although that's probably not the point. |
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Thankyou, yes ... we just want to add a little Polish to the contents ... |
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Received wisdom and racial stereotyping (in the U.S.) would suggest it would go sailing past a lot of Polish people, too ... |
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And after peering in at the smaller figure who is peering
in at the even smaller figure... when you turn to look
over your shoulder what do you see? |
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[whatrock]; you could have an image (face) on the
surrounding buildings behind it, with false perspective &
distributed across various surfaces, so it's only properly
visible/identifiable when your head is in that exact spot. |
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//when you turn to look over your shoulder what do you see?// It's possible you could see a massive version of the exact same scene looming over you. |
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The question is, does the scaling converge to a finite space,
or is there an infinitely long assemblage of infinitesimal
ladders to ever smaller monuments? |
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And speaking of, where exactly has [zeno] been lately? |
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