What was the "smart-stupid"?
What was the "smart-stupid"?
It's a bothersome gap in my knowledge; can anybody enlighten me? It was something in a (science-fiction?) novel I read long ago, but I can't remember any more. Googling doesn't help.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
The "smart-stupid" is a computer in one of the dialogues of Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter. It is a play on pianoforte.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
I remember reading that book as a kid! (I don't know where the copy of it we had went, because I'd read it again if I found it.)WeepingElf wrote: ↑Wed Mar 08, 2023 2:33 pm The "smart-stupid" is a computer in one of the dialogues of Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter. It is a play on pianoforte.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
And alice was enlightened! Danke.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
And of course, sophomore means 'smart stupid' in Greek.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
BTW, I'd highly recommend that you all read Gödel, Escher, Bach myself.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
Yes, it is a highly recommendable book.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
and so it was that torco decided how to spend one of his remnant audible credits
Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
To be honest, I'd recommend getting it in dead tree format or at least as an e-book, as there are a lot of things in the book that probably do not translate well into audio format.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
I've read GEB, or tried to. Some of it is genuinely interesting and provocative, but I remember struggling with other bits. Which is a long-winded way of saying YMMV.
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Re: What was the "smart-stupid"?
I just ordered a paperback copy of Gödel, Escher, Bach to replace the long-missing copy that I previously had.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.