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Robert Greene A more accurate, if admittedly less wieldy title for Douglas Hofstadter's book about the phenomenon of consciousness would be "One's 'I' Is a Strange Loop". Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? © Copyright 2020 Kirkus Media LLC. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2015. Select Your Cookie Preferences. The most insightful comments on all subjects Hofstadter, one of whose specialties is the study of feedback loops in complex systems, coins sometimes unfortunate terms for our own loopy ways of thinking, among them “thinkodynamics” and “statistical mentalics,” but the governing idea is a fruitful one: There are large-scale and small-scale things happening within our minds all the time, but it can all seem like a funhouse mirror, just as Hofstadter recalls a philosophical treatise “talking about how language can talk about itself talking about itself (etc.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 September 2020. And then, as if by some mysterious emergent phenomenon, by its end you discover that a complex working model of consciousness has arisen and that suddenly, and possibly for the first time, you see and understand your self quite clearly. Magazine Subscribers (How to Find Your Reader Number). His theory is that that thing which you call your "self", and which feels more real to you than anything else, is in fact a mirage. Log in to update your newsletter preferences. Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It’s free and takes less than 10 seconds!
We’re glad you found a book that interests you. Community Each law, however, gets its own chapter: “Conceal Your Intentions,” “Always Say Less Than Necessary,” “Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy,” and so on. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. —Anonymous joke Our brain is a small lump of organic molecules. 'active' : ''"> ‧ Not for everyone but if you stick with it is enlightening but not an easy read. Everyone wants power and everyone is in a constant duplicitous game to gain more power at the expense of others, according to Greene, a screenwriter and former editor at Esquire (Elffers, a book packager, designed the volume, with its attractive marginalia). A dreary thesis- derived from and distorting the beliefs of the founders of existentialism, Jaspers, Heldegger and Kierkegaard, etc., the point of view seems peculiarly outmoded. Here he sometimes misses the mark ever so slightly. try again, the name must be unique, Please & Newest first, -1) ? Please translated by Justin O'Brien, by Enter your email to follow new comments on this article. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 December 2018. translated by If they are not, it’s a brilliant satire. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 1998. The authors have created a sort of anti-Book of Virtues in this encyclopedic compendium of the ways and means of power.
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Please I'd love it if someone could rewrite it to include machine learning edge detection more granularly into his analysis of self perception and representation. He still recalls the frisson of excitement he felt when first shown how to close a cardboard box by tucking flap A under B, B under C, C under D and D under A. Try again. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification, -1) ? These laws boil down to being as ruthless, selfish, manipulative, and deceitful as possible. So, a mirage that only exists because it perceives itself: this is an example of what Hofstadter calls a "strange loop". the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. Most liked, -1) ? Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences.
And he again details at length the work of the Austrian logician Kurt Gödel in uncovering a self-referential structure within Bertrand Russell's Principia Mathematica, akin to the discovery of a mathematical equivalent to a sentence such as "this statement is false". “A Strange Loop” is a musical about a big, gay black guy who is struggling to write a musical about a big, gay black guy who is struggling….. Michael R. Jackson, the musical’s talented book writer, composer, lyricist and vocal arranger, describes himself as a big, gay black guy; he’s been struggling to write “A Strange Loop” since grad school.
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Disorganized rambling and utterly boring. A mind loop and gateway to other routes of understanding, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2014, A loop within a loop within a loop... No matter what you thought you knew about programming and meta programming, this read will blast you away.... Hofstadter along with Lilly will let you take control of the ultimate empire: Your mind, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 July 2020. Nothing particularly new to be learned here. edited by He clarified in this book what the spectrum of feeling is. by PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION, by
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