I Am a Strange Loop - Douglas R. Hofstadter [253]
Mother Teresa
motorcycle roar, experience of
Moulin, Jean
mountaineers’ view of scalability of peaks
Muldaur, Maria
multiple “I” ’s in one head
multiple personalities
multiple simultaneous locations of self
music as cause for neuron (not) firing
music boxes, dedicated and universal
musical meaning, as outcome of patterns
musical styles, contrast between
musical taste (likes and dislikes) as deep aspect of human soul
mutual-avoidance dance of powers and Fibonacci numbers
mutual control and mutual perceptions lead to blur of identity
mutual inaccessibility of first-person cores
“my”: as concept of dog; as concept of human
“my brain”, meaning of
My Brother’s Place
myopic view: of domino chainium; of traffic jam
myself vs. others; see also hereness
mysteriousness of video reverberation
N
Nabel, Roy and Bruce, twinns
Nagel, Alexander (“Sandy”)
Nagel, Ernest
Nagel, Thomas
naïve view of self, as analogous to Newtonian physics
names of expressions
naming conventions as reinforcing naïve ideas of identity
Napoleon
Natalie and Lucas, Twinwirld twildren
needle in groove, timing of
neither fish nor fowl
Nemo, Captain
nesting of concepts
Nether Wallop
Neumann, John von
neural loop in brain
neurology, bypassing of
neurons; as wrong level of brain at which to seek consciousness
neuroscientists’ view of brains and “I”; see also Sperry
Nevada desert as testbed for robot vehicles
Newman, James R.
Newtonian physics, as analogous to naïve view of self
Nicole, prospective graduate student
Night at the Opera, A
1906, four-syllable description of
1931 (year)
Nobel address of Albert Schweitzer
Nombres remarquables, Les (Le Lionnais)
nonbelievability of The True View
“nondescript”, as paradoxical adjective
nondualism, lure and lacunas of
non-overlapping dots, human souls as
non-prim numbers, see saucy numbers
nonprovability and falsity, assumed equivalence of
non-self-awareness: of mosquitoes; of robot vehicles
“Non Serviam” (Lem)
non-universality of dogs’ brains
non-wellfounded set theory
noodle conflict
no one in brain at birth
“no one left to be sorry for”
“no symbols, no self”
“not”, as not the source of strangeness
notebooks filled with memories constituting soul-shards
notes, isolated, lack of meaning of
noun phrase, very long
novel: as an abstraction; meaning of, as arising from letters or words; as a pattern copied in different cultures; as a teleportation device
novelists as beings inventing other beings
nucleotides
number-crunching; ambiguity of; interpretable as text-processing, image-processing, etc.
“Number One” as primary soul in a brain
numbers: chameleonic nature of; dancing isomorphically to patterns; flexibility and richness of; invisibility of, in contemporary computers; mirroring formulas; as rich representational medium; as substrate for paradoxes
number theory, patterns in
numeral vs. number
O
obituary notices, one’s own
object files
objectively observable facts are irrelevant to the inverted-spectrum scenario
obscure numbers, near no landmarks
“Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An” (Bierce)
“Ode to a Box of Envelopes” (Jeannel King)
“O du angenehmes Paar” (Bach)
oil refinery, likened to brain
Oleson, David
omega-inconsistency of Y. Ted Enrustle’s work Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica
“one”, as banished word
“one body, one name” as convention
“one body, one soul” dogma (also “one body, one person” and “one brain, one soul”); see also caged-bird metaphor
“one country, one people”
one-dimensionality of the inverted spectrum
144, salient square in Fibonacci sequence
“On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems (I)” (Kurt Gödel, 1931)
“On Formerly Unpennable Proclamations in Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica and Related Stageplays (I)” (Gerd Külot, 1931)
“or”, possible rule of inference for