gpaschos{at}netscape.net (George Paschos) wrote in
news:bm1bc4$iul$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org: 

> I don't understand the conspiracy here but I accept its humorous
> underside: don't know the names and what each represents and how you
> know that Wirt has replied and more.....
> 
 
>> Wirt has already followed on the technicals. I just want to nominate
>> the title of the thread for the annual Hofstadter award for best
>> self- referential thread title of the year :-)


Wirt is Wirt Atmar, a frequent and very knowledgeable contributor to this 
newsgroup. Your newsreader or ISP may have missed the follow-up he posted 
to your original thread - this happens frequently. Unfortunately I deleted 
his reply, so I can't reprint it here. My recollection is that it included 
several web sites for further information on your question, so you should 
see if you can track it down via Google.

Douglas Hofstadter is the author of "Godel, Escher, Bach - the Eternal 
Golden Braid", which is partly about Godel's incompleteness theorem, and 
includes much discussion of self-referential statements and other 
paradoxes. If you have never read it I strongly recommend it. While I 
realize it was unintended on your part, it struck me as paradoxical that 
time might not be "a priori".

Yours,

Bill Morse
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