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However a sort of online book group is something that I might like and would solve a real problem I do have. It may be to niche to make a company out of. That said, what sorts of things would a site (platform?) need in order to be successful at creating guided, curated, experiences such as a book group.
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Is this a joke? I can only guess that you tried to read it, and didn't understand it.
I went to the same grad school as the author did and got a PhD in physics there. Most of the professors I knew who taught the guy said the same thing to me about the book. It's just awful.
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Killing trees takes CO2 out of the atmosphere? I think you've got this backwards.
Growing trees to make them into timber, pulp, etc. takes CO2 out of the atmosphere. As long as you're not growing them to burn them, it's one of the most effective CO2 sequestration methods we have. 77% of tree usage in the US is for timber and pulpwood. Fast-growing species are planted and harvested over a 10-20 year cycle so that as each section is cut down and replanted, another section is maturing. It's both sust…
I loved GEB, but since reading it (and jumping in and re-reading parts here and there when it strikes my fancy) I've come to the conclusion that it's a perfectly laid Dunning-Kruger trap which specifically ensnares people like me. I am not as smart as Hofstadter, and I know it, and so I'll never be sure I've actually understood the meat of the message. I think I get strange loops, recursion, self-reference and the me…
I have the firm belief that figuring out how the brain works will not be accomplished through pure mathematics, but through scientific inquiry.
This is such a awful book. Pure hipster material.
I don't think this comment is a troll. GEB teaches a relatively thin stream of technical ideas through very precious, "cutesy" prose.
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Is this a joke? I can only guess that you tried to read it, and didn't understand it.
I went to the same grad school as the author did and got a PhD in physics there. Most of the professors I knew who taught the guy said the same thing to me about the book. It's just awful.
I loved GEB, but since reading it (and jumping in and re-reading parts here and there when it strikes my fancy) I've come to the conclusion that it's a perfectly laid Dunning-Kruger trap which specifically ensnares people like me. I am not as smart as Hofstadter, and I know it, and so I'll never be sure I've actually understood the meat of the message. I think I get strange loops, recursion, self-reference and the me…
If you want to learn about Goedel's work then instead read a book that is much shorter and to the point:
"Godel's Proof by Ernest Nagel
http://www.amazon.com/Gödels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/081475837...