I Am a Strange Loop

“Cogito ergo sum”

cognition, central loop of

Cohn, John H. E.

coincidences in mathematics

coin-flipping, as robust statistical phenomenon

collages, curious

collective phenomena, as valid causes

colloidal particles

color feelings as subjective inventions

colors triggering knurking or glebbing

columns in visual cortex

combustion engines

comet approaching Jupiter

communication ease between people, factors influencing

communication rate between brains: as determining number of souls present; hypothetically tweaked in thought experiments

communication rate between hemispheres as determining degree of unity of brain

communication, techniques for

compassion; etymology of the word

completeness of PM, hope for

complexity threshold for universality

comprehensibility as crucial for survival

compression of KG to humanly graspable size

computational universality

“computer” as merely a historic term

computer searches vs. proofs

computers: as computing devices; invisibility of computation within; as non-computing devices; programming of; Stanford University’s only

concepts: activation of; as brain structures; embodied in simmballs; handed to people on silver platter; nestedness of

Condition humaine, La (Malraux)

cone: of consciousness; of souledness

conscience: close link of concept and word to consciousness; of dogs, lions, and mosquitoes

consciousness: as an add-on feature to a brain; allegedly missing from my tale; another person’s, inside one’s own head; apparent but unreal; as automatic emergent consequence of brain design; as close relative of conscience; cone representing levels of; disintegrating; distributedness of; dollops of; equated with thinking; friendships, as criterial for; as illusion; locus, absence of; measured by musical taste; as mirage; not merely acting and claiming to be, but being; organic chemistry as source of; physicality of; as quantum phenomenon; “right stuff ” as source of; shades of gray in; and strange loops; as thinking; threshold for; vs. reflexes; the very stuff of

Consciousness, Capitalized Essence of

Consciousness Explained (Dennett)

consistency of PM: certainty of; hope for

consistency of rock base of KJ

content: fed into “empty” feedback loop

contingent facts in geology but not math

continua of consciousness and souledness

control of your body by my brain

cookies that all taste good, by analogy

copies of another person’s memories, fidelity of

copycats, borrowing from others

core me-ness

corona during soul eclipse; soular

corridors; helical; truncated vs. endless

Cosby, Bill

counterfactuals: in formation of human self; by Stanley

counting, ill-definedness of

country vs. people

cows: as edible beings; experience of purpleness of; sacred

creativity vs. rigid rules

credit card, understanding of

crimes against animals

critical mass of soul-shards needed to qualify as some kind of survival

crystal lattice of atoms, as metaphor

C-3PO (robot)

cuteness

cyclic refilling of leaky flush toilet

cynicism, potential, on reader’s part

D

Dahl, Roald

Dali, Salvador

dance of simmballs as thought

dance of symbols: as constituting another’s soul; as constituting consciousness; perceived by yet other symbols; as thought

darts thrown at text, causing rewriting

David and Lisa

Davies, Dennis

Dawkins, Richard

dear eater

death of Carol Hofstadter

death’s sting, reduced

Debussy, Claude

decision procedures

decisions as votes

deconstructing the “I” a la Zen

dedicated: machines; music boxes

Deep Blue (chess-playing computer)

deepest beliefs of humans involve macro-level concepts

De Morgan, Augustus

Dennett, Daniel C.; email exchange between author and; on his friend’s “desperate lark”; putting motto into friend’s mouth; teleportation fantasy by; “Where Am I?” story by; on zombies

Dennis the Menace, on leg that’s asleep

Descartes, Rene

descriptions of integers: long and short; vague

desires: as causal agents; in conflict with each other; imputed to flush toilet; imputed to soccer ball; imputed to sunflowers and vines; on meta-level; as prime movers; thwarted by obstacles; unanalyzability of

Desperate Lark

destructive-teleportation scenarios