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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Hofstadter's law #6611 09/17/00 12:59 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2 A averyl OP stranger OP averyl stranger A Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2 On the subject of laws and paradoxes, here's another. Hofstadter's Law: the time and effort required to complete a project are always more than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. Is this another example of Parkinson's law or Russell's paradox? Or both? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Hofstadter's law averyl 09/17/00 12:59 PM Re: Hofstadter's law tsuwm 09/17/00 01:28 PM Re: Hofstadter's law Jackie 09/18/00 02:18 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,894 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 506 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 28 wofahulicodoc 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,895 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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