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From Hofstadter to ODTOE: Self-Reference as a Physical Principle — Overview
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Hofstadter showed that self-reference is the engine of mind. ODTOE shows it is also the engine of physics. The same strange-loop topology that produces the expe
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Hofstadter showed that self-reference is the engine of mind. ODTOE shows it is also the engine of physics. The same strange-loop topology that produces the experience of selfhood also produces the closure conditions that make atoms, particles, and spacetimes stable.