What book did you read >10 years too early?
What book did you read >10 years too late?
What book did you read at about the right time?
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I bought Godel, Escher, Bach 5 years ago. I think I may wait 5 more years for it to be just right.
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GEB is ideally college or right after. It’s a bit dated now given recent advances so likely won’t have as much effect.
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not just dated, its primary thesis was wrong from the start
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THE
INCOMPLETENESS
OF
FORMAL
PROOF
SYSTEMS
HAS
NO
BEARING
ON
THE
NATURE
OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
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I don't agree with that assertion at all. It does have a bearing. We just don't know what that bearing is yet.
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"It _may_ have a bearing. We don't know if it does yet.", imo
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Also, GEB is technically what is known as a "romp" through an idea space. To think of it as having a "primary thesis" is to miss the point of works like that. It's not a hedgehog grand-unified-theory of something. It's a foxy buffet of stuff interesting/fertile to juxtapose
Yes, and I believe DH has expressed frustration at people trying to find a "point" in the book too. Approaching it as a koan, vaguely, works.
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