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23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 March 2009 03:24AM

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 25 March 2009 11:06:21AM 10 points [-]

a symbol existing solely for the sake of itself with no attachments outside of itself is mentally useless.

Professor Hofstadter writes books about mental symbols, recursive loops, and self-reference. That is to say, it was a joke.

Comment author: tim 25 March 2009 05:03:19PM 2 points [-]

in that case, apologies; i am not familiar with his work. though after this series of posts, i will certainly be reading G, E, B.