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title: "1 Notion Truth Quotes By Douglas R. Hofstadter"
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> [ “\[...\] 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/)

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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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