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I am a Strange Loop
Douglas Hofstatder
published: 2007, read: 6/25/19
412 pages, genre: Psychology
rating: 8.5/10, normalized: 8.333/10
1.132σ better than average
0.699σ or 1.76/10 better than average in Psychology genre
-0.393σ or -0.334/10 worse than average by Douglas Hofstatder
A much more accessible, diluted presentation of G.E.B. which recaptures the fundamental arguments presented in the first book, but with a more focused argument about having a hi-fi model of other people's consciousnesses within ourselves. Very thought provoking in a heart breaking
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