ME3 comments on Passing the Recursive Buck - Less Wrong
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In other words, the algorithm is,
explain_box(box) { if(|box.boxes| > 1) print(boxes) else explain_box(box.boxes[0]) }
which works for most real-world concepts, but gets into an infinite loop if the concept is irreducible.