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Quick question: I want to read Godel Escher Bach, but are there any math or knowledge prerequisites to understanding it?
Not really.
Not in the slightest. DH does a good job of providing you with the things that he later asks you to use.
If you can understand that "This sentence is a lie" is complicated to decide if true - in any depth at all - then you will get interesting insights from GEB.
There is a mindset prerequisite. Some people get forever lost/bored the first time the book talks about valid mathematical statements as well-formed finite strings of symbols.
Nope. I mean, I'd suggest knowing WHO Godel, Escher, and Bach are... possibly listen to some of the music/look at some artwork, but its not necessary.