I Am a Strange Loop

abstractions: as causes; centrality of: formidable tower of, in human minds

abstractly swirling patterns

accidents in mathematics: absence of; possibility of

accretion: of self-model; of soul

Ackermann’s function

active symbols, see symbols

affinity of souls, see chemistry (interpersonal)

afterglow of a soul

Aimable, the village baker

“alacrity, celerity, assiduity”, etc.

Alfbert, the; dream of

Alf and Bertie’s Posh Shop

algorithmic information theory

Ali, Muhammad

Alienware machine, emulated by Macintosh

Alighieri, Dante

alignment: of PM theorems and code numbers; of truths and PM theorems; of two souls in married couple dedicated to common goals

allegoric license

“Alle Menschen Müssen Sterben” (Bach)

Alzheimer’s disease

ambiguity of operations inside computers

américain, pronunciation of the word in movie

amino acids

amplification of input in audio feedback; saturation of

analogies: central role of, in this book; as fabric of human thought; having force proportional to precision and visibility; index entries for; jumping out automatically; made by bees; as mediating reference; research on; retrieved automatically by new events; rivalry between two similar ones; seen as simmball patterns in the careenium; self-referential; as source of meaning; tossed off effortlessly; trivial-seeming examples; by W. V. O. Quine