this analogy is like lifting yourself up by your own bootstraps.
this analogy is like lifting yourself up by your own bootstraps.
the following sentence is totally identical with this one, except that the words “following” and “preceding” have been exchanged, as have the words “except” and “in”, and the phrases “identical with” and “different from”.
the preceding sentence is totally different from this one, in that the words “preceding” and “following” have been exchanged, as have the words “in” and “except”, and the phrases “different from” and “identical with”.
if the meanings of “true” and “false” were switched, this sentence wouldn’t be false.
although what happens on the lower level is responsible for what happens on the higher level, it is nonetheless irrelevant to the higher level. The higher level can blithely ignore the processes on the lower level.
-Hofstadter
there are so many experiences i wish to share with you, internet, alas, words are inert; they are dead. i cannot truly express my inner most self through dead symbols. strange how alone it makes me feel.
cliffy b. made me into a bro