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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy (Post 1810103)

Dug a dusty old (and yet-unread) copy of Gödel, Escher, Bach off my shelf this evening.

Read a few summaries and critiques of the text on Goodreads to see if I might fancy it. I was certainly intrigued by the overarching themes, philosophy of consciousness, speculation about general AI, and Hofstadter's usage of the arts to explain systems and concepts of mathematics.

But several users cautioned would-be readers that this is a book for a very specific audience - those who absolutely loves maths. And while I love math conceptually, I've no formal education in math or logic.

In an effort to prep myself for the text, I've been surveying the Undefined Behavior YouTube channel which outlines concepts like The Halting Problem, Entscheidungsproblem, Axiomatic Systems, Peano Systems, Principle of Explosion, and other fundamentals. It's all fascinating stuff, so I have hope that I'll be able to handle Hofstadter's book.

Any suggestions for related prep lit or other ideas from the community would be much appreciated!

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Just received a copy of this yesterday. So far, it's one of the most enjoyable books I've read—ever.

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picked this up after thoroughly enjoying some of his work that i read in my Foundation Year Programme. letter to the academy is a particularly interesting read.

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Revival: Resurrecting the Process Church of the Final Judgement by William Sims Bainbridge

this arrived yesterday....The Process being one of my all time favorite subjects...and this written by the author of the first and only outsider book written about The Process (Satan's Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult)....i was very surprised to find that it is actually a work of fiction....while still an in depth look at the inner workings of this amazing cult

i'm a chapter in and already enthralled.

this will end with a new Process inspired tattoo :)

My first poetry work of Bukowski's has arrived. A purchase inspired by Tom Waits' recitation of his poem, "Nirvana". Really looking forward to this read.

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I've heard a lot of different takes on this one... You will have to let me know how it is. I might want to get it.

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Originally Posted by The Identity Matrix (Post 1839330)

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I've heard a lot of different takes on this one... You will have to let me know how it is. I might want to get it.

I'm over 100 pages in and it's great. I've already gotten onto a few bands I didn't know about too so get it.