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> [“Saying that studying the brain is limited to the study of physical entities would be like saying that literary criticism must focus on paper and bookbinding, ink and its chemistry, page sizes and margin widths, typefaces and paragraph lengths, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/saying-that-studying-the-brain-is-limited-to-the-study-of-physical/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

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## More by Douglas R. Hofstadter

> [“I wish my wish would not be granted!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/i-wish-my-wish-would-not-be-granted/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [ “\[...\] provability is a weaker notion than truth” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/provability-is-a-weaker-notion-than-truth/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“It is extremely interesting, then, to think about the meaning of the word ‘form’ as it applies to constructions of arbitrarily complex shapes. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/it-is-extremely-interesting-then-to-think-about-the-meaning-of-the/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“We have a very hard time “seeing” our cognitive activity because it is the medium in which we swim. The attempt to put our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/we-have-a-very-hard-time-seeing-our-cognitive-activity-because-it-is/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“What does it matter if two brains are isomorphic, or quasi-isomorphic, or not isomorphic at all? The answer is that we have an intuitive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/what-does-it-matter-if-two-brains-are-isomorphic-or-quasi-isomorphic/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“A mirror mirroring a mirror”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/a-mirror-mirroring-a-mirror/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“People enjoy inventing slogans which violate basic arithmetic but which illustrate “deeper” truths, such as “1 and 1 make 1” (for lovers), or “1…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/people-enjoy-inventing-slogans-which-violate-basic-arithmetic-but/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“Please, Oh please, publish me in your collection of self-referential sentences!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/please-oh-please-publish-me-in-your-collection-of-self-referential/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“I enjoy acronyms. Recursive Acronyms Crablike "RACRECIR" Especially Create Infinite Regress”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/i-enjoy-acronyms-recursive-acronyms-crablike-racrecir-especially/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“I can't help but recall, at this point, a horribly elitist but very droll remark by one of my favorite writers, the American "critic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/i-can-t-help-but-recall-at-this-point-a-horribly-elitist-but-very/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“This computer-generated pangram contains six a's, one b, three c's, three d's, thirty-seven e's, six f's, three g's, nine h's, twelve i's, one j,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/this-computer-generated-pangram-contains-six-a-s-one-b-three-c-s/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“Saying that studying the brain is limited to the study of physical entities would be like saying that literary criticism must focus on paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/saying-that-studying-the-brain-is-limited-to-the-study-of-physical/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“No, no - I think about thinking”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/no-no-i-think-about-thinking/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

> [“Supperational thinkers, by recursive definition, include in their calculations the fact that they are in a group of superrational thinkers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-r-hofstadter/supperational-thinkers-by-recursive-definition-include-in-their/)

[Douglas R. Hofstadter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-r-hofstadter/)

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