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Douglas Hofstadter Quotes

... all meaning comes from analogies Picture Quote #1

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it’s much more than memory Picture Quote #1

The entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computers’ rigidity Picture Quote #1

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an ‘unlucky number.’ Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label 13’ in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact) Picture Quote #1

You can imagine a soul as being a detailed, elaborate pattern that exists very clearly in one brain. When a person dies, the original is no longer around. But there are other versions of it in other people’s brains. It’s a less detailed copy, it’s coarse-grained Picture Quote #1

Irrationality is the square root of all evil Picture Quote #1

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The entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computers’ rigidity Picture Quote #1

I am the thought you are now thinking Picture Quote #1

In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect Picture Quote #1

I don’t feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish Picture Quote #1

The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn, that ignorance can be supplanted by knowledge, and that small bits of knowledge can gradually pile up into substantial heaps Picture Quote #1

It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception Picture Quote #1

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Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it’s much more than memory Picture Quote #1

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don’t have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I’m a little more respectful of ants Picture Quote #1

Some of us, perhaps all of us, believe that it is legitimate to kill enemy soldiers in a war, as if war were a special circumstance that shrinks the sizes of enemy souls Picture Quote #1

It as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can’t possibly figure out what’s good or bad. It’s an intimate mixture of rubbish and good ideas, and it’s very hard to disentangle the two, because these are smart people; they’re not stupid Picture Quote #1

I would like to understand things better, but I don’t want to understand them perfectly Picture Quote #1

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent Picture Quote #1

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... all meaning comes from analogies (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it’s much more than memory. (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) The entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computers’ rigidity. (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an ‘unlucky number.’ Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label 13’ in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact) (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) You can imagine a soul as being a detailed, elaborate pattern that exists very clearly in one brain. When a person dies, the original is no longer around. But there are other versions of it in other people’s brains. It’s a less detailed copy, it’s coarse-grained (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) Irrationality is the square root of all evil (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) The entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computers’ rigidity (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) I am the thought you are now thinking (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) I don’t feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) The nice thing about having a brain is that one can learn, that ignorance can be supplanted by knowledge, and that small bits of knowledge can gradually pile up into substantial heaps (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it’s much more than memory (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don’t have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I’m a little more respectful of ants (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) Some of us, perhaps all of us, believe that it is legitimate to kill enemy soldiers in a war, as if war were a special circumstance that shrinks the sizes of enemy souls (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) It as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can’t possibly figure out what’s good or bad. It’s an intimate mixture of rubbish and good ideas, and it’s very hard to disentangle the two, because these are smart people; they’re not stupid (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) I would like to understand things better, but I don’t want to understand them perfectly (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes) There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent (Douglas Hofstadter Quotes)