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book was really bad, hofstadter tryin to make an extra buck piggybacking off the success of GEB, dont waste your time

• ctdavies 11y ago
  Huh, are you the famous philosopher John Searle?
  • colomon 11y ago
    Who created a HN account just to to smack talk Hofstadter? That seems likely.
    • ctdavies 11y ago
      Gardner calls Searle "the scoundrel of Hofstadter’s book." He is now also the scoundrel of this thread.
      • jakeva 11y ago
        What a strange loop indeed
    • ithkuil 11y ago
      Or a successful attempt at humour. BTW, I really liked "The Mind's I" (coauthored with Daniel Dennet).
• yarrel 11y ago
  The book is a product of grief, not greed.
• DonHopkins 11y ago
  On that note, I second your ringing endorsement of GEB, and if you haven't read it yet, you should run out and buy a copy. ;)