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@#$% The House of Leaves! -- (G-E-B)

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:54 pm
by anti-m
Juuuuuust kidding!

...But I finally started reading Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter... and if you're in to mental gymnastics, puzzles, and general mind f#$%, this seems to be the book for you. So far it's awfully entertaining for a book with so much math in it. I'll report back as I get further into it. (only about 100 pages in so far)

Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:32 pm
by jute gyte
The man is incredible. Hofstadter's Metamagical Themas is one of the best books I've ever read and influences my personal philosophy/ethics to an enormous degree.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:13 pm
by HeuristicsInc
My friend Lauralee had this in college and I flipped through it a lot in her dorm room. I keep thinking I should get my own copy, 'cause it was way cool.
-bill

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:56 pm
by thehipcola
Hmm...it's now on the list.

Awesome.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:07 pm
by bz£
HeuristicsInc wrote:I keep thinking I should get my own copy, 'cause it was way cool.
You should-- I'd be very surprised if you didn't enjoy it a lot.