Plato And A Platypus Walk Into A Bar: Understan... -

: To explain the concept of infinite regress (the idea that every cause must have a cause), the authors use the "turtles all the way down" joke, where an elderly woman claims the world rests on the back of a turtle, which rests on another turtle, and so on.

The book's central premise is that a joke's "punchline" and a philosopher's "insight" are built from the same stuff: they both flip our world upside down to reveal hidden truths. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understan...

The book is not a single narrative story, but rather a "crash course" in philosophy where authors Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein use humor to explain complex concepts. It is framed by a recurring gag involving two characters, Dimitri and Tasso , whose ongoing conversation provides a loose structure through the various chapters. : To explain the concept of infinite regress