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<blockquote data-quote="wolsty" data-source="post: 11263" data-attributes="member: 175166"><p>I've read Godel, Escher and Bach and enjoyed the bits of it I could understand. I even went out and bought the CD's of 'A Musical Offering' and 'The Art of Fugue' to see if I could understand what Hofstadter was saying about canons and fugues; I continue to enjoy them, though. I didn't know of 'Metamagical Themas'; I'll put it on my Christmas present list in the hope that one of my kids, who are all avid fans of amazon.co.uk, will treat me. Have you tried Roger Penrose's 'Shadows of the Mind'? It's a sort of sequel to ENM and contains loads of rebuttals of the criticisms aimed at ENM by advocates of Strong AI. SOTM is just as impenetrable as ENM, but in a more irascible tone.</p><p></p><p>My copies, to the eternal irritation of my wife, just clutter up the bedroom and have never been used for any socially worthwhile function such as flood prevention.</p><p></p><p>No one took me up on the post, so I'll mention it again. Have you read Simon Singh's 'The Codebreakers'? An excellent book with plenty of food for thought but, strangely, no mention of the encryption of broadcasts.</p><p></p><p>wolsty</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wolsty, post: 11263, member: 175166"] I've read Godel, Escher and Bach and enjoyed the bits of it I could understand. I even went out and bought the CD's of 'A Musical Offering' and 'The Art of Fugue' to see if I could understand what Hofstadter was saying about canons and fugues; I continue to enjoy them, though. I didn't know of 'Metamagical Themas'; I'll put it on my Christmas present list in the hope that one of my kids, who are all avid fans of amazon.co.uk, will treat me. Have you tried Roger Penrose's 'Shadows of the Mind'? It's a sort of sequel to ENM and contains loads of rebuttals of the criticisms aimed at ENM by advocates of Strong AI. SOTM is just as impenetrable as ENM, but in a more irascible tone. My copies, to the eternal irritation of my wife, just clutter up the bedroom and have never been used for any socially worthwhile function such as flood prevention. No one took me up on the post, so I'll mention it again. Have you read Simon Singh's 'The Codebreakers'? An excellent book with plenty of food for thought but, strangely, no mention of the encryption of broadcasts. wolsty :confused: [/QUOTE]
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