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I felt reminded of Hofstadter's Goedel/Escher/Bach mysticism that somehow everything is recursion.
by bgwalter 1y ago
I felt reminded of Hofstadter's Goedel/Escher/Bach mysticism that somehow everything is recursion.
- anthk 1y agoSelf-simulation.
- AfterHIA 1y agoI might not be a strange loop but I am indeed strange.
- emmelaich 1y agoor the idea that the universe is a computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fredkin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fredkin
- GoatOfAplomb 1y agoIn any case, he did fit that into a book! If only barely. Edit: On further reflection, I suppose he didn't, if we consider the effort to span Gödel Escher Bach and I Am a Strange Loop.
- prmph 1y agoIncluding free will