The pleasures of recursive acronymy

The latest xkcd: (As usual, click on the image for a larger version.) For those unfamiliar with the meta-ness of Douglas Hofstadter, a good starting place would be his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach — particularly the dialogue between Achilles and The Genie (pp. 103-126), wherein The Genie reveals that "GOD" is an acronym for … Continue reading The pleasures of recursive acronymy