To be fair, Hoftstadter is basically a one-trick pony, in that he published one academically-relevant book and then more or less jumped straight to Professor Emeritus in all but name, publishing very little and interacting with academia even less.
Just wishing I had read GEB sooner. Reading it now and it seems to be getting ruined by politics.
Politics? I don’t understand how.
Also, above comment should in no way be taken as criticism of GEB. It’s great. It’s just that that’s pretty much all he has to his credit.
I mean people want to tear chunks out of it for status reasons… …I think.
To be fair, Hoftstadter is basically a one-trick pony, in that he published one academically-relevant book and then more or less jumped straight to Professor Emeritus in all but name, publishing very little and interacting with academia even less.
Just wishing I had read GEB sooner. Reading it now and it seems to be getting ruined by politics.
Politics? I don’t understand how.
Also, above comment should in no way be taken as criticism of GEB. It’s great. It’s just that that’s pretty much all he has to his credit.
I mean people want to tear chunks out of it for status reasons… …I think.