Or meta-review. Always room for a bit of meta. #DouglasHofstadter

Bach was to music what Godel was to math and Escher to art. An eternal golden braid. #douglashofstadter
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It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order–and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.

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(2) RIDGE CROSSING “Swallow Klavier” #Strangeloop, spiral, fractal-like rhythms making smooth glissandi through OCTAVES of TIME...almost impossible to learn by EYE [see music below], but relatively easy to learn by EAR...

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Hofstadter’s Butterfly Unusual configuration of magnetic field produces fractal ‘Butterfly’ pattern. This was first predicted in 1976 with twisted graphene Douglas Hofstadter, back then, showed when two-dimensional crystals...

Hofstadter's Butterfly

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Occasionally - like this morning - I read a bit more of #GodelEsherBach (1979) by #DouglasHofstadter, and each time I ‘get’ around - I guess - 60-70% of what I’m reading, which isn’t bad for an ‘unscientific’ like myself. I always have #JSBach’s ‘A Musical Offering’ playing quietly too of course.

Translation How the right words can have the wrong meanings, and the ...

"Translation" One of the best #podcasts episodes ever IMHO. Featuring #DouglasHofstadter! @RadioLab #cogSci #philMind http://buff.ly/1sjy6td