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There’s a fire backstage, he says. The clown comes out to warn the audience. Laughter and applause. They think it’s a joke! The clown repeats his warning. The fire grows hotter; the ap- plause grows louder. That’s how the world will end, Wittgen- stein says: to general applause, from halfwits who think it’s a joke.