@bascule @mentalguy @gilesgoatboy BTW, the kind of people that say that Godel disproved positivism are nutters like http://www.perrymarshall.com/10043/godels-incompleteness-theorem-the-universe-mathematics-and-god/ …
@ReinH @mentalguy @gilesgoatboy it's not all platitudes. There are people like Hofstadter ;)
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@bascule@mentalguy@gilesgoatboy I'm not sure you want to get me started on Hofstadter ;) -
@ReinH@mentalguy@gilesgoatboy aww, I like Hofstadter -
@bascule@mentalguy@gilesgoatboy This is a good criticism. Basically, he isn't as deep as he thinks he is. http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/a-tiny-and-swattable-mind/ … -
@ReinH@bascule@mentalguy@gilesgoatboy Also I quite enjoyed the review's writing. Reminds me a bit of Hitchens. -
@ReinH@mentalguy@gilesgoatboy well, it's definitely cynical, lol -
@bascule@mentalguy Indeed. It also taught me the delightful phrase, "rococo verbosity". -
@ReinH@mentalguy I strongly disagree with this guy, FWIW... -
@bascule@mentalguy I enjoyed GEB to an extent but I really couldn't get through Strange Loop at all. Neither seemed incredibly profound. - 2 more replies
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@bascule@mentalguy@gilesgoatboy Also, I didn't have room for "tend to replace". There are *some* exceptions. :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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