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I Am a Strange Loop


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The provided text offers excerpts from Douglas Hofstadter's book, I Am a Strange Loop, which explores the nature of consciousness and the sense of "I". The author uses various analogies, such as video feedback and mathematical concepts like Gödel's theorem and strange loops, to illustrate how complex phenomena can emerge from simpler components. Hofstadter discusses the interconnectedness of minds, suggesting that individuals live partially within the brains of others through shared experiences and empathy, and challenges the notion of a strictly bounded individual identity. He also touches upon the philosophy of mind, debating concepts like reductionism versus emergent properties and the illusion of free will.

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These ideas come from my own notes. My repo is https://github.com/smedum/topy-v0

This an open source project and as I am an independent researcher, this needs further collaboration with those in the field. I am quite astonished that I have got this far on my own.

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The Òrga Spiral PodcastsBy Paul Anderson