In short, there are surprising new structures that looping gives rise to that constitute a new level of reality that could in principle be deduced fr… - Douglas Hofstadter

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In short, there are surprising new structures that looping gives rise to that constitute a new level of reality that could in principle be deduced from the basic loop and its detailed properties, but that in practice have a different kind of “life of their own” and that demand — at least when it comes to extremely finite, simplicity-seeking, pattern-loving creatures like us — a new vocabulary and a new level of description that transcend the basic level out of which they emerge.

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About Douglas Hofstadter

Douglas Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is a mathematician, cognitive scientist, and Pulitzer Prize winning author.

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Native Name: Douglas Richard Hofstadter
Alternative Names: Douglas R. Hofstadter
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