I Am a Strange Loop

neurology, bypassing of

neurons; as wrong level of brain at which to seek consciousness

neuroscientists’ view of brains and “I”; see also Sperry

Nevada desert as testbed for robot vehicles

Newman, James R.

Newtonian physics, as analogous to naive view of self

Nicole, prospective graduate student

Night at the Opera, A

1906, four-syllable description of

1931 (year)

Nobel address of Albert Schweitzer

Nombres remarquables, Les (Le Lionnais)

nonbelievability of The True View

“nondescript”, as paradoxical adjective

nondualism, lure and lacunas of

non-overlapping dots, human souls as

non-prim numbers, see saucy numbers

nonprovability and falsity, assumed equivalence of

non-self-awareness: of mosquitoes; of robot vehicles

“Non Serviam” (Lem)

non-universality of dogs’ brains

non-wellfounded set theory

noodle conflict

no one in brain at birth

“no one left to be sorry for”

“no symbols, no self”

“not”, as not the source of strangeness

notebooks filled with memories constituting soul-shards

notes, isolated, lack of meaning of

noun phrase, very long

novel: as an abstraction; meaning of, as arising from letters or words; as a pattern copied in different cultures; as a teleportation device

novelists as beings inventing other beings

nucleotides

number-crunching; ambiguity of; interpretable as text-processing, image-processing, etc.

“Number One” as primary soul in a brain

numbers: chameleonic nature of; dancing isomorphically to patterns; flexibility and richness of; invisibility of, in contemporary computers; mirroring formulas; as rich representational medium; as substrate for paradoxes

number theory, patterns in

numeral vs. number

O

obituary notices, one’s own

object files

objectively observable facts are irrelevant to the inverted-spectrum scenario

obscure numbers, near no landmarks

“Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An” (Bierce)

“Ode to a Box of Envelopes” (Jeannel King)

“O du angenehmes Paar” (Bach)

oil refinery, likened to brain

Oleson, David

omega-inconsistency of Y. Ted Enrustle’s work Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica

“one”, as banished word

“one body, one name” as convention

“one body, one soul” dogma (also “one body, one person” and “one brain, one soul”); see also caged-bird metaphor

“one country, one people”

one-dimensionality of the inverted spectrum

144, salient square in Fibonacci sequence

“On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems (I)” (Kurt Godel, 1931)

“On Formerly Unpennable Proclamations in Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica and Related Stageplays (I)” (Gerd Kulot, 1931)

“or”, possible rule of inference for

oracle for number theory (Goru)

orchard filled with colored butterflies, as metaphor for distributed human souls

order in disorder, as quest of mathematicians

ordinary vs. Godelian formulas of PM

organ music

other humans, represented in our brains

“O thou charming bridal pair”

Our Inner Conflicts (Horney)

overlap of souls seen as zones in a space

Overseas Chinese, as halo of Chinese people

Owens, Jesse

P

P (the largest prime number)

paeonic meter hidden in text

page breaks, exerting control over content

Pagnol, Marcel, analogy-mediated meanings in film of

pairenthood, in Twinwirld

pairsonal identity in Twinwirld

pairsonal pronouns in Twinwirld

pairsons, in Twinwirld; inability to imagine how identical twinns feel; strong resistance to breaking into two halflings

“pangram”, self-referential, found by Lee Sallows

panpsychism

paper, valuable

paradox: in Drawing Hands; grazing of; inside mathematics; irrepressibility of; key role in strange loops; self-reference and; useful for pinpointing weaknesses in foundations of mathematics

paradoxophobia

Paraparte, Doleon

parenthood as soul merger

Parfit, Derek; morphed into Napoleon; radicalness of views of; self-doubt expressed by

parquet deformations

particle physicist’s “I”

particle viewpoint favored over “I”