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I Am A Strange Loop
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I am currently about 100 pages into Douglas Hofstadter's I Am A Strange Loop, and I would like to read another book after I finish of conflicting or at least different perspective.  Does anyone have any suggestions?


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: Nix13]
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I have his book an Eternal Golden Braid.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: SHiZNO]
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GEB is an especially great book, if you understand the math, music, and art behind it.


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: blewmeanie]
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Yeah I had heard that too, but from my understanding Strange Loop was only a continuation of the ideas in GEB.  Do you know of any modern books with differing points of view?


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: Nix13]
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Well.....you could get some math books, there are a ton of really good links on demonoid. Ive learned far more through self study, than I ever have in school.

And on a completely unrelated note, chuck palnuik has a new book out.


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: blewmeanie]
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I'm less interested in the math and more interested in consciousness.

What'sit'bout?


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: Nix13]
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Nix13 said:
I'm less interested in the math and more interested in consciousness.

What'sit'bout?


I havent finished it yet, but its awesome so far. Here is a review of it.

From Publishers Weekly
Buster Casey, destined to live fast, die young and murder as many people as he can, is the rotten seed at the core of Palahniuk's comically nasty eighth novel (after Haunted; Lullaby; Diary; etc.). Set in a future where urbanites are segregated by strict curfews into Daytimers and Nighttimers, the narrative unfolds as an oral history comprising contradictory accounts from people who knew Buster. These include childhood friends horrified by the boy's macabre behavior (getting snakes, scorpions and spiders to bite him and induce instant erections; repeatedly infecting himself with rabies), policemen and doctors who had dealings with the rabies "superspreader"; and Party Crashers, thrill-seeking Nighttimers who turn city streets into demolition derby arenas. After liberally infecting his hometown peers with rabies, Buster hits the big city and takes up with the Party Crashers. A series of deaths lead to a police investigation of Buster (long-since known as "Rant"—the sound children make while vomiting) that peaks just as Buster apparently commits suicide in a blaze of car-crash glory. This dark religious parable (there's even a resurrection) from the master of grotesque excess may not attract new readers, but it will delight old ones. (May)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


Seriously though, you say your more interested in consciousness, but what does that even mean? Everything is consciousness, so anything you study is going to be related to it, and IMO one of the most rewarding subjects you could possibly delve into is math. It encompasses everything in life. Any possible interest you could have, math is in one way or another deeply involved.


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Re: I Am A Strange Loop [Re: blewmeanie]
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I haven't read a single Palahniuk book yet.  I really need to.

I'm studying to be a biomedical engineer...I get enough math during the school year. Haha.


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