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MIT Godel Escher Bach Lecture 1

jasonofthel33t · lecture · Watch on YouTube

University lectures & coursesComputability & complexity theoryLogic & formal methods

What it is

The first lecture of an MIT course on Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach, covering themes like self-reference, recursion and incompleteness. The full lecture series is on YouTube.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a companion to reading the dense book.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “There's an excellent MIT course for it.”

    Excellent MIT course on the book, all lectures on YouTube

    dugditches, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Show HN: 100M Books – Open a new tab, discover a new book”

  2. “They’re great to watch as you work through the book”

    MIT course recordings to watch alongside reading the book

    azhenley, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Gödel, Escher, Bach”

  3. “You may even need the assistance of this MIT Open CourseWare video series on YouTube [2] about the book.”

    MIT video series helps with a difficult book

    xtiansimon, 2021-02 · Recommendation · in “The Art of Reading More Effectively and Efficiently”

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Topics: godel escher bach, self-reference, recursion, incompleteness, mit course

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