In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.
Douglas HofstadterYou make decisions, take actions, affect the world, receive feedback from the world, incorporate it into yourself, then the updated 'you' makes more decisions, and so forth, 'round and 'round.
Douglas HofstadterWe don't want to focus on the trees (or their leaves) at the expense of the forest.
Douglas Hofstadter