> In article <_uOdncG0_5ksgTHVnZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> mimus hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>> Foithermore, I have an uneasy feeling that the
>> slam-'em-together crowd in nuclear physics may be fiddling
>> with an infinite sequence, with ever-higher-energy
>> collisions just busting things into ever-finer pieces (it
>> may be time to start working out the form of the sequence,
>> which sounds like fun).

>
> This sounds like a cartoon I saw on the wall in the physics
> department back in 1974 or so...
>
> 1) White square with befuddled-looking person on it. "The
> inhabitants of the paper square have no conception of the
> true nature of their universe."
>
> 2) Square bisected by a diagonal line with person
> triumphantly pointing to the diagnoal. "The triangle is
> discovered. It is thought to be the ultimate building block
> of the paper universe."
>
> 3) Square quartered by two diagonal lines. "The triangle
> is split into a hemitriangle and a demitriangle. These are
> thought to be the ultimate building blocks of the paper
> universe."
>
> ... several iterations.
>
> n-1) The hemidemisemitriangle is hypothesized. It is thought
> to be the ultimate building block of the universe. The
> following year, the hemidemisemitriangle is split.
>
> n) Black square with befuddled-looking person on it. "The
> inhabitants of the paper square have no conception of the
> true nature of their universe."