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My (potentially unpopular) feeling about GEB is that it's a book that explores some very interesting areas but that doesn't say all that much of interest itself. Reading it I felt like different sections could be put into two categories: (good and somewhat romantic) exposition about something interesting, and observations that seem profound until you think about them and realize that they're stupid (e.g. Hofstadter s…
I have to agree. I found the dialouges mind numbing.
Yeah - I much preferred "The Emperors New Mind" Which covers many of the same themes without the pretentiousness.