Douglas Hofstadter — I Am A Strange Loop
Simulation
What Am I?
Existence of a perfect pattern, a regularity that goes on forever reveals something is going on behind the scenes. We have to rely on reasoning to get us there because infinity is very different from any finite. So consciousness, God quality, formless power to know. And then you have the traceless comprehension as the absolute the black hole receptivity. Then upward shifts, closed cycle. Reality is recursive and simulates itself into existence. So there's the eternal riddle of what am I? Profound joy discovering patterns, understanding what lies behind patterns,. relentless search for why defines the nature. Pattern cannot merely be a coincidence. Whether or not anyone ever finds the reason there must be
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