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From: benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter Benson)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Godel, Escher, Bach
Message-ID: <187@dcdwest.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-May-85 01:31:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  1 01:31:21 1985
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Reply-To: benson@dcdwest.UUCP (Peter benson)
Organization: ITT Defense Communications (San Diego)
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Summary: 

(I am not sure I want to get into this discussion, but here
goes ...)

GEB is cute and turgid and funny.  I did read it cover to
cover BUT I did not understand everything I read.  If I had
demanded that of myself I would not have finished.  I am not a
formal systems heavy-weight or a biologist or a philosopher,
so I can't judge the worth of the book in those domains.
Inter-disciplinary work is hard to do in such a way that
purists accept it.  So be it.  Hofstadter brings together a
lot of stuff I had thought about for years.  Better than that
he thought about it better than I have.  I liked the book
and I am looking for an attractive woman who also read it
so we can get together and talk about it.

So there.

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