“I’d wish .. to complete everything. Nothing left to do. Everything that can be done, done.”
The genie waited then replied: “Now what will you do?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellesley_College&diff=1315465405&oldid=1313321382 7000th edit
If you make a statement and everyone believes it and makes sure everything abides by it… then it proves itself.
It was about a scientist cutting off the legs of a spider one by one and then telling it to walk. When the spider had no legs and the scientist told it to walk, the spider did not walk. So the scientist concluded that spiders with no legs are [deaf].
https://wasteof.money/posts/662b4c6b78e0ba3832873484#comments-6652c10c78e0ba383287b93b