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		ozay on Sept 13, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an in-depth explainer He doesn't say it was written while high. He is wondering if H knew the effects of psychedelics and maybe tried to replicate the feeling in the reader.

cfraenkel on Sept 14, 2022 [–]

He doesn't 'say', no. He implies. Not a whole lot of difference. Unless you're in the Bill Clinton camp of wordsmithing.

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