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Douglas R. Hofstadter

“each concept in our mind owes its existence to a long succession of analogies made unconsciously over many years, initially giving birth to the concept and continuing to enrich it over the course of our lifetime. Furthermore, at every moment of our lives, our concepts are selectively triggered by analogies that our brain makes without letup, in an effort to make sense of the new and unknown in terms of the old and known.”

Douglas R. Hofstadter, Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking
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Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking by Douglas R. Hofstadter
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