Deep down, your brain is a chaotic seething soup of particles. On a higher level it is a jungle of neurons, and on a yet higher level it is a network of abstractions that we call "symbols." The most central and complex symbol is the one you call "I". An "I" is a strange loop where the brain's symbol
I Am a Strange Loop
β Scribed by Douglas R. Hofstadter
- Book ID
- 107177353
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Douglas Hofstadter's critically acclaimed return to the themes of GΠ βΠΒΆdel, Escher, Bachβan original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity.
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Deep down, your brain is a chaotic seething soup of particles. On a higher level it is a jungle of neurons, and on a yet higher level it is a network of abstractions that we call "symbols." The most central and complex symbol is the one you call "I". An "I" is a strange loop where the brain's symbol
Douglas Hofstadter's critically acclaimed return to the themes of *GΠ βΠΒΆdel, Escher, Bach*βan original and controversial view of the nature of consciousness and identity.
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