self refuting = forty two
putnam’s verdict on the vat weighs what the answer is called
s19e5l12f6r18e5f6u21t20i9n14g7=142f6o15r18t20y25t20w23o15=142s19t20r18a1n14g7e5l12o15o15p16=142
self refuting = forty two = strange loop = 142
Putnam said the brain-in-a-vat hypothesis was self-refuting. SELF REFUTING is 142. So is FORTY TWO, spelled out. So is STRANGE LOOP, Hofstadter’s name for a hierarchy that returns to where it started.
The number’s own name, the argument against the vat and the shape of the whole site weigh the same.
Rule: a=1 … z=26, letters only.
type a word
a=1 … z=26, letters only. If it comes to 42, 91 or 133 the page will say so.