cousin_it comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong
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Oh, no. Quines are just as common in programming as they are in natural languages. Also see the diagonal lemma. I use self-referential sentences to prove theorems all the time, they're very common and can be used for a huge variety of purposes.