Quoted in Deborah Solomon, "The Mind Reader," New York Times ().Hofstadter: The next day someone will fix it back. The entry is filled with inaccuracies, and it kind of depresses me. Hofstadter: I have no interest in computers. Solomon: Your entry in Wikipedia says that your work has inspired many students to begin careers in computing and artificial intelligence.Le Ton beau de Marot (1997) chapter 8 p. The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn, that ignorance can be supplanted by knowledge, and that small bits of knowledge can gradually pile up into substantial heaps.In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.Which statement seems more true: (1) I have a brain."Irrationality is the Square Root of All Evil" (Sep, 1983) Scientific American 249 (3) article reprinted in Metamagical Themas (1985).Irrationality is the square root of all evil.The "Strange Loop" phenomenon occurs whenever, by moving upwards (or downwards) through levels of some hierarchial system, we unexpectedly find ourselves right back where we started.ĭouglas Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is a mathematician, cognitive scientist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author.
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