This re-instated what passes for faith in humanity

[wakim]

A famed physicist finishes his lecture on cosmology and opens himself to questions from the floor. An old Hindu woman in a sari stands up in the audience and is recognized by the speaker.

She begins; “I understand what you are saying about the structure of the universe and all that, but I must tell you, you are quite wrong. For, you see, the Earth isn’t held in place by gravitational forces and such, but rather it rests upon the back of a giant elephant.”

The physicist nods to himself slightly and asks, “And pray tell me, what supports the elephant?”

The woman isn’t put off her stride in the least and immediately replies, “Why, the elephant stands on the back of a giant turtle.”

The physicist smiles soothingly and says, “Yes, I see. And what, then, does the turtle stand on?”

The Hindu woman pauses to reflect a moment, then looks up with a wide smile and says, “Well, I suppose it must be turtles all the way down!”