Indeed, the central thesis of our book — a simple yet nonstandard idea — is that the spotting of analogies pervades every moment of our thought, thus… - Douglas Hofstadter

Often compound words have drifted so far from their etymological roots that native speakers can easily miss what is right in front of their eyes.

No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.

My feeling is that the concept of superrationality is one whose truth will come to dominate among intelligent beings in the universe simply because its adherents will survive certain kinds of situations where its opponents will perish. Let’s wait a few spins of the galaxy and see. After all, healthy logic is whatever remains after evolution’s merciless pruning.