So, we can all agree that this is pseudo-science bullshit, right?

>>8845627

Did you read it?

>>8845627
the book or your shitpost?

>>8845627
it is more mental masturbation than anything, but serves as a decent introduction to the philosophy of math and science.

>>8845641
>>8845646
Morons detected.

The entire book is a longwinded fap session of Hofstadters. His examples are very stupid. The only people I've ever seen praise this book are low IQ computer science majors.

I read this when I was 18, I learned a lot about philosophy, logic, and mathematics from it. was a pretty good book.

I think you're being a little bit ironically pretentious, here. it's fine.

>>8845651
you know the IQ metric is social(pseudo) science, right? I think you should read more.

>>8845776
looks like someone got a low IQ score

>>8845841
and ironically it's this ad hominem that people with high pseudoscientific scores push when their religion is challenged.

do you usually talk shit about social science? why are you defending it here? or attempting to defend it with no argument?

>>8845651
Nope. It's pretty great.

>>8845649
this is the only good explanation so far ITT. it's just a philosophy book that tries to talk about how math and art are linked. that's all it is. ironically, there are very very few mathematicians that are also good artists and vice a versa.

>>8845627
honestly i got bored reading GEB after like 300 pages

>in the spirit is of lewis carrol
it's right on the cover
what are you stupid or something?

>>8845896
still less cringeworthy than "hackers and painters", though.

>>8845866
It helps him cope with being worthless otherwise

>>8845641
>reading

Is there a movie version I can watch?

>>8845896
>just a philosophy book that tries to talk about how math and art are linked

That's not what it's about *at all*. Is everyone on this board really sixteen years old or what?