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Douglas Hofstadter
American
Writer
Born:
Feb 15
,
1945
Feel
People
Sense
Soul
Unlucky
You
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If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.
Douglas Hofstadter
Soul
Mosquito
Evil
Too
Respectful
Out
About
More
Misery
Putting
Mostly
Qualms
Ants
Little
Many
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
Unlucky
Sense
Indeed
Claim
Claimed
Stayed
Bearing
Fact
Hotels
New
Heard
Label
Very
America
York
New York
In Fact
Reason
Many
Floor
Button
Number
Recently
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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