Douglas Hofstadter Quote

No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.


"Six-Part Ricercar" - Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (1979)


No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.

No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.

No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.

No reference is truly direct—every reference depends on some kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is.