Douglas Hofstadter — I Am A Strange Loop
Simulation
The Ines of the Swirling Galaxies
Ines is the swirling galaxy. And here is your eye, that black hole in the middle of the galaxy. The very illusion, mirage hallucination. That has name, concepts, form, family, career,. meaning, symbols, all these things swirling around it. All of these are triggered as these swirls of galaxies come together. We'll have a visual for that in a bit. Oh This is probably one of the most important visuals that you'll see in the book. It's an emergent self referential comprehending life force. Can't really get much simpler than that in describing the nature of reality. So a big part of the game is to create more of
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