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...holds a Morton's Salt box that has her own image on it, which in turn has a tiny salt box with another girl on it--the series would regress endlessly if her arm didn't get in the way. Goofing around with a video camera, Hofstadter pointed it straight at the TV screen to create an infinite receding tunnel of video feedback...
Hofstadter might have grown up to be a straight-up physicist like his dad if it hadn't been for his younger sister Molly. When Hofstadter was 12, it became clear that she had grave neurological problems--she never learned to speak or understand language. "I was very interested already in how things in my mind worked," Hofstadter says. (He speaks very gently and deliberately, as if Mr. Rogers had been a super-intelligent rocket scientist instead of a Presbyterian minister.) "When Molly's unfortunate plight became apparent, it all started getting connected to the physical world. It really made...
...something be both true and unprovable? This idea, loosely known as "incompleteness," came as a logical bombshell to all right-thinking mathematical philosophers--you could compare it in its impact (a little glibly) to Heisenberg's famous uncertainty principle. It turns out that mathematics isn't a neat straight line; it's a loop, and a deeply strange one at that...
...Harvard women’s lacrosse team’s early-season slide continued last night, as the Crimson fell to Connecticut by a score of 15-8. The loss is Harvard’s third straight after opening the season with a 14-13 victory over Holy Cross. The Crimson fell behind early and was never able to catch up, despite a career-high five goals from sophomore attacker Kaitlin Martin, all of which came in the second half. After trailing 11-3 with 20:16 to play, Martin’s fifth goal brought Harvard to within five...
That mark stood until last month, when I trekked crosstown to Boston College for the opening round of the Women’s Beanpot. Trying to regain the trophy after a run of seven straight titles was snapped by the Eagles the year before, the Crimson erased deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to force overtime. The extra minutes piled up. The Harvard band took off after the first bonus session. By the time BC forward Anna McDonald ended it late in the third OT and the post-game interviews were conducted, there was no other option...