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Ian Simbotin's avatar

Awww, there's math(s) on Substack.

The pleasure of seeing nicely LaTeX-ed equations, colorized too — just the superficial, aesthetic aspect alone is enough.

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Richard Green's avatar

I don’t remember Hofstadter being too negative about Bach.

On the subject of Bach, I’m fascinated by videos like this as tools to illustrate his music. https://youtu.be/Nm1KPuvbU_o?si=2k0pLF6Z02P3BR5B

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Richard Green's avatar

One of the key themes of the book is whether human consciousness can be simulated on a computer (i.e., a Turing machine). The author seems to think that the answer is yes.

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