Posted: May 03, 2012 5:20 pm
UtilityMonster wrote:SafeAsMilk wrote:Godel, Escher, Bach by Hofstadter. Can't say I understood it all, but it definitely gave me some food for thought about the nature of cognition.
I have a friend who has been "reading" that book for a few years now. He moves through it like a snail. Apparently it is one tough cookie to fully digest.
I hope he's taking notes, I couldn't imagine getting everything out of it on a first read. Definitely text book-like in its density. Fortunately he has an engaging writing style, so I didn't mind re-reading chapters to freshen up.