Hofstadter's Law: It Always Takes Longer Than

Relying On Words To Lead You To The Truth Is Like Relying On An Incomplete Formal System To Lead You To The Truth. A Formal System Will Give You Some Truths, But As We Shall Soon See, A Formal System, No Matter How Powerful Cannot Lead To All Truths.

The Following Sentence Is False. The Preceding Sentence Is True.

You Can Never Represent Yourself Totally .... To Seek Self -knowledge Is To Embark On A Journey Which ... Will Always Be Incomplete, Cannot Be Charted On A Map, Will Never Halt, Cannot Be Described.

No Matter What Verbal Space You Try To Enclose Zen In, It Resists, And Spills Over... The Zen Attitude Is That Words And Truth Are Incompatible, Or At Least That No Words Can Capture Truth.

Reductionism Is Merciless.