I Am a Strange Loop - Douglas R. Hofstadter [256]
quantum electrodynamics
quantum-mechanical collisions as ultimate reality
quantum mechanics, development of
quarks
Quine, Willard Van Orman
Quine’s analogy for Gödel’s construction
Quine’s Quasi-Quip and Quine’s Quip; yielding self-referential sentence
quotation marks: analogous to taking Gödel numbers; proper use of; questionable use of; in self-referential sentences; shades of gray for
R
Racecar Power®, as optional
Rachmaninoff, Sergei
radar
radicals
rainbow, as metaphor for “I”-ness
random glitches in mathematics
randomness of physical world but not of math
randomness of simm-level activity in careenium
ranking of creatures’ “value”
Rattner, Justin
Ravel, Maurice
raw sensation, see qualia, experience
reachable vs. non-reachable integers
Reagan, Ronald
reality: blurriness of; as determined by perception; dubious, of where one is located; grounding of; of higher-level view of living organisms; of “I”, tacitly presumed by average person; levels of; macroscopic patterns as “realest” level of; of pixel patterns on screen; sorting-out of
reasoning, mechanization of
reasonless pattern in mathematics
Reasons and Persons (Parfit)
reasons behind patterns
reception vs. perception
recursive rules: with outputs always larger than inputs; with outputs possibly smaller than inputs
recursively defined sets of formulas
recursively defined sets of integers
red and blue sensations, flipping of
red spot in Exploratorium
reductionism’s lack of respect for spatiotemporal boundaries
reductionist view: of careenium; of dog traits; of gas; hopeless complexity of; of video feedback; see also boundaries
Reductionist View (of Derek Parfit)
reference, as always mediated by analogy; direct vs. indirect, as matter of degree
reflexes vs. consciousness
regrouping as strategy in pattern-hunting
regularities in macroworld; in mathematics, as always having reasons
relativity
reliable macroscopic phenomena taken for granted
religion, as cause for war
remote events as causes
repertoires of symbols; as determinant of size of self; in dogs; extensibility of, in human minds; in mosquitoes; and representational universality
Replicator inside Teletransporter
representational universality of human brains
resonance frequency in audio feedback
resonance in personality space with others
resurrection of departed, in souls of living
reverberant barking
reverberant parking lot
reverence: for Bach; for life
rhyming prose
rhythmic prose
Richard, Jules
riddles about the Capitalized Essence of Consciousness
“right stuff ” vs. “wrong stuff ”: Searle’s refrain; as substrate of consciousness
ripples: as represented in symbols in brain; sent out and returning
Roberts, Lamar
robots: consciousness of; controlled by joysticks; engaged in collective honking orgy; location of body vs. location of “brain”; platoon of many clones, as all lifeless; transmitting perceptions to remote brain
robot vehicles; honking at each other; souls of
Rodgers, Richard
roller coaster: confused with baseball game; in movie theater
roman à clef
romantic situations, analogy between
Roosevelt, Eleanor
rope, swinging, unconsciousness of
Rosser, Kathleen
rouge means “blue”
Rovereto, Italy
R2-D2 (robot)
rubber-band brains
ruby found in the Caspian Sea
rules of inference; analogous to rules in recursive definitions; careful design of; ignoring all meaning; mirrored by computational rules; producing shorter output strings than input strings
running despite pain
running out of primes
Russell, Bertrand: banishing self-reference; banning self-containing sets; blindsided by Gödel’s insights; conceding there is meaning in PM formulas; denying there is meaning in PM formulas; employing self-referential language; formalizing reasoning; as paranoiac paradoxophobe; repelled by self-reference; second-worst nightmare; seeing only one level of meaning for PM strings; seemingly unaware of self-referential sentences in Principia Mathematica; unaware of integers’ universality; as whiteheaded alien from Ukia; worst nightmare
Russellian meaning