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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by daviddaviddavid on Friday May 17, 2013 @01:25PM (#5725621)
Wow. I was sure this was inspired by George Boolos' great "Godel's Second Incompleteness Theorem Explained in Words of One Syllable".

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Math/Milnikel/boolos-godel.pdf

I wonder if Hofstadter was inspired by Boolos?

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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by breadbox on Friday May 17, 2013 @01:30PM (#5725660)
Actually, Hofstadter states that he was inspired by a magazine contest.
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