Douglas Hofstadter’s research group is apparently quite cultish. It’s close-knit, dominated by a single person, is not tolerant of disagreement, and has little intellectual interaction with the remainder of the field.
This doesn’t make GEB less than excellent. It merely partially explains why they haven’t made much progress since.
Douglas Hofstadter’s research group is apparently quite cultish. It’s close-knit, dominated by a single person, is not tolerant of disagreement, and has little intellectual interaction with the remainder of the field.
This doesn’t make GEB less than excellent. It merely partially explains why they haven’t made much progress since.