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Re: Life in the Think

jenny jenny #217764 07/20/14 02:27 AM

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It's the holism/reductionism issue, eloquently illustrated by Douglas Hofstadter in Godel, Escher, Bach.

I don't know who wrote your quote but I wouldn't be surprised if it was Richard Feynman. He thought with that kind of scope.

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Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/15/14 04:00 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Bazr 06/15/14 09:42 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Faldage 06/15/14 10:52 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/15/14 02:33 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Faldage 06/16/14 10:06 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Bazr 06/16/14 10:20 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/16/14 12:08 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Bazr 06/16/14 12:14 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/16/14 05:20 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/17/14 02:11 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/18/14 04:16 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/18/14 06:48 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/20/14 01:04 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/20/14 03:54 AM

Read it and weep... wofahulicodoc 06/22/14 02:57 PM

Re: Read it and weep... jenny jenny 06/23/14 03:03 AM

Read it and reap... jenny jenny 06/27/14 03:46 AM

Perhaps the most famous last line in literature. wofahulicodoc 06/27/14 11:18 AM

Re: Perhaps the most famous last line in literature. jenny jenny 06/27/14 03:09 PM

Read this with your best mind. Then read it again. jenny jenny 06/28/14 03:33 AM

Re: Read this with your best mind. Then read it again. Bazr 06/28/14 04:26 AM

Easy One!!! Bazr 06/28/14 04:31 AM

Re: Easy One!!! jenny jenny 06/28/14 02:05 PM

How McDougal Topped The Score Bazr 06/29/14 10:34 AM

Re: How McDougal Topped The Score jenny jenny 06/29/14 08:04 PM

Re: How McDougal Topped The Score Bazr 06/30/14 12:08 AM

The British are coming. The British are coming. jenny jenny 07/04/14 09:09 PM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Bazr 06/16/14 10:14 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Faldage 06/20/14 10:10 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post jenny jenny 06/21/14 03:33 AM

Re: Snippets of Culture: Guess and Post Faldage 06/21/14 11:09 AM

[scratching-head-e] wofahulicodoc 07/04/14 09:30 PM

Starting from scratch... jenny jenny 07/05/14 01:47 AM

Social and Antisocial Evolution jenny jenny 07/05/14 09:57 AM

Transborder Boarders Please Go Home! jenny jenny 07/06/14 03:05 PM

Re: Transborder Boarders Please Go Home! Bazr 07/06/14 10:24 PM

Re: Transborder Boarders Please Go Home! jenny jenny 07/07/14 03:30 AM

great instrument Bazr 07/07/14 08:21 AM

Re: great instrument jenny jenny 07/07/14 04:34 PM

Re: great instrument Bazr 07/07/14 11:02 PM

Great instrument the harmonica jenny jenny 07/08/14 10:51 PM

flash & the pan Bazr 07/08/14 11:42 PM

Nevermore wofahulicodoc 07/09/14 12:53 AM

Re: Nevermore Bazr 07/09/14 01:23 AM

Re: Nevermore wofahulicodoc 07/09/14 01:51 AM

Re: A pastiche... A C Bowden 07/10/14 02:24 AM

Re: A pastiche... Bazr 07/10/14 02:54 AM

the satisfying feeling thatyour Duty has been done wofahulicodoc 07/10/14 01:20 PM

Playing Marbles jenny jenny 07/10/14 02:16 PM

Re: Playing Marbles Bazr 07/10/14 11:58 PM

Is this a primitive Double-Dactyl ? wofahulicodoc 07/12/14 02:21 AM

Is this a primitive Double-Dactyl ? jenny jenny 07/12/14 01:10 PM

Life in the Succinct jenny jenny 07/15/14 09:14 AM

Life in the Think jenny jenny 07/19/14 04:35 PM

Re: Life in the Think wofahulicodoc 07/20/14 02:27 AM

Re: Life in the Think jenny jenny 07/20/14 04:29 AM

Listen; least we become the enemy. jenny jenny 07/20/14 05:14 PM

Re: Listen; least we become the enemy. Bazr 07/21/14 12:08 AM

we shall never surrender Bazr 07/21/14 12:36 AM

Re: we shall never surrender wofahulicodoc 07/21/14 11:07 AM

Re: we shall never surrender jenny jenny 07/22/14 03:40 AM

Re: we shall never surrender Bazr 07/23/14 10:41 AM

Re: we shall never surrender wofahulicodoc 07/23/14 11:17 AM

I'm thinking, I'm thinking! jenny jenny 07/23/14 04:47 PM

Re: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! Bazr 07/24/14 12:55 AM

Re: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! jenny jenny 07/24/14 01:20 PM

I remember that one wofahulicodoc 07/24/14 10:30 PM

Re: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! Bazr 07/24/14 11:40 PM

Re: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! Tromboniator 07/24/14 11:51 PM

Re: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! Bazr 07/25/14 12:17 AM

It's Going Around wofahulicodoc 07/25/14 02:51 AM

Re: It's Going Around jenny jenny 07/25/14 03:47 AM

No two entities in the Universe are equal jenny jenny 07/25/14 11:29 PM

Re: No two entities in the Universe are equal olly 07/27/14 11:46 PM

Re: No two entities in the Universe are equal Bazr 07/28/14 12:00 AM

maybe some truth in this..... Bazr 07/28/14 12:08 AM

A.H., huh? Mmm....I GOT IT! jenny jenny 07/28/14 12:45 AM

Re: A.H., huh? Mmm....I GOT IT! Bazr 07/28/14 12:51 AM

bit of an accent Bazr 07/28/14 12:57 AM

Turn around...now! jenny jenny 07/28/14 01:04 PM

sylvester Bazr 07/29/14 10:01 AM

Re: sylvester jenny jenny 07/30/14 03:45 PM

A poem for no one written by someone. Guess who! jenny jenny 08/01/14 11:24 PM

poem & poet Bazr 08/03/14 10:59 AM

poem & poet drivel jenny jenny 08/06/14 03:52 AM

out of context wofahulicodoc 08/10/14 12:21 AM

Arthur Hugh Clough in Context jenny jenny 08/11/14 04:12 AM

Re: Arthur Hugh Clough in Context wofahulicodoc 08/11/14 06:54 PM

and P.S. wofahulicodoc 08/12/14 02:37 AM

The latest commandments A C Bowden 08/13/14 01:41 AM

Re: The latest commandments jenny jenny 08/13/14 05:56 AM

the latest "latest" wofahulicodoc 08/13/14 05:38 PM

Good Night, Robin. jenny jenny 08/15/14 05:30 AM

I agree Robert G. Now who's the slave you or me? jenny jenny 08/16/14 02:48 AM

if you say so... wofahulicodoc 08/21/14 04:21 PM

Re: if you say so... Tromboniator 08/22/14 10:58 AM

Re: if you say so... wofahulicodoc 08/22/14 12:35 PM

Re: if you say so... wofahulicodoc 08/25/14 01:00 AM

When unintended meanings portends new insight jenny jenny 08/13/14 04:12 AM

Re: Playing Marbles Jackie 07/10/14 03:01 PM

Re: Playing Marbles LukeJavan8 07/10/14 03:21 PM

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