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"The idea that truth has to fight for its life is a sad discovery. The idea that truth will not out, unless it is given a lot of help, is pretty upsetting."

-Douglas Hofstadter

Metamagical Themas

I have been reading this book for 2 years now, on and off, and I am totally enthralled with it but I can't understand more than 20% of what the guy is saying. I'm particularly fond of his essay on self-replicating and self-referential sentences, mainly cuz I am a word geek and also, to a larger extent, because I fully grasp the concept, thereby making myself feel smarter for no good reason.