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I felt reminded of Hofstadter's Goedel/Escher/Bach mysticism that somehow everything is recursion.


I might not be a strange loop but I am indeed strange.


or the idea that the universe is a computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fredkin


In any case, he did fit that into a book! If only barely.

Edit: On further reflection, I suppose he didn't, if we consider the effort to span Gödel Escher Bach and I Am a Strange Loop.


Including free will


Self-simulation.




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