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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Happy Birthday to Douglas Hofstadter (born 15 February 1945), cognitive and computer scientist, author of "Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" and "I Am a Strange Loop".

From GEB, Hofstadter's law - "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law."

From IAASL - “In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.”

How many of you were influenced by GEB?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%5FHofstadter
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Image of Hofstadter and the book "I am a strange loop" Source: https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2023/07/17/a-mind-bending-voyage-into-consciousness-im-a-strange-loop-unravels-reality/