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Douglas Hofstadter

American Writer

Born: Feb 15, 1945

Feel People Sense Soul Unlucky You

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This sentence contradicts itself - no actually it doesn't. Douglas Hofstadter

Itself Sentence Actually

For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 'is involved' or not (whatever 'is involved' might mean). Douglas Hofstadter

Intelligence Unlucky Whatever Kind Would Some Cosmic Dates Count Counts Involved Also Makes According Happen Whether Places Mean Might Require Certain Certain Things Things Things Happen Humans Number

It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account. Douglas Hofstadter

You Law Take Takes Longer Always Account Expect Than Even

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact). Douglas Hofstadter

I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish. Douglas Hofstadter

Feel Fish Chicken Snuff Lives Right

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