It’s incredible how the mainstream completely overlooks the theories of Gödel and Hofstadter. It feels like while the whole world is trying to build airplanes, Gödel and Hofstadter had already built starships cruising through the galaxy, yet no one realizes it.

A hundred years ago, Russell attempted to construct a perfect mathematical system that could explain everything.

Then Gödel discovered a flaw in Russell’s theory, a flaw similar to: “When you try to grasp it, it vanishes; when you let go, you had it all along.” (Though expressed in mathematical terms).

Hofstadter then discovered that Gödel’s theory wasn’t limited to mathematics - it was universally applicable, and quite possibly the very source of consciousness and the universe itself.