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Cool quote from the beginning section "Computing Sidebar: LISP": "The machine at the bottom of your consciousness is a strange loop. Having a look at this stra
by TravelAndFood 8y ago
Cool quote from the beginning section "Computing Sidebar: LISP":
"The machine at the bottom of your consciousness is a strange loop. Having a look at this strange loop is a lot more fun than reading about it."
Awesome. Great style and expectation-setting in the intro portion. From my perspective as a programmer, occasional Vipassana-practicer, and not-speed-reader, and having read only the intro portions, this has piqued my interest enough to sink time into reading.
- theptip 8y agoThe phrase "Strange loop" was coined by Hofstadter, who has written a lot of enjoyable explorations of the philosophy of mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_loop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_loop "Godel, Escher, Bach" being his most well-known, but he has a number of other very interesting works as well.
- TravelAndFood 8y agoThanks. Just added "Godel, Escher, Bach" to my reading list.