![]() ![]() Strap yourself in! This books is a mindfluff!! Hofstadter takes you down little stories that seem weird, but when you get to the end, you just walked through a fantastic metaphor for a REALLY complicated topic that now seems like it was a walk in the park. Heres a book recommendation of the Day: 'Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid' by Douglas R Hofstadter. DO THEM!! You don't have a CHANCE of following the later stuff unless you learn to "feel" and recognize the mental steps he walks you around during the most simple stuff in the beginning. In the beginning, he has you do some rather simple games and puzzles. If you buy this book, do EVERY EXERCISE he has you do in the book. Escher does the same thing - a pattern, repeated a layer up, and again repeated a layer up again in his art! And if you can follow mathematics, you will understand why you can't "use just mathematics to understand mathematics, because there is 'higher math.'" This is also true in logic! ![]() Also, to look for structure - but also look for meta-structures. It taught me to look for "levels of meaning" and "metadata" or meta-levels of meaning. ![]() ![]() Hofstadter Basic Books, Philosophy - 824 pages 1 Review Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake. This book changed the way I think about the world forever. Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Douglas R. ![]()
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