English Explanatory Dictionary

Hofstadter's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The self-referential adage that a task always takes longer than expected, even when Hofstadter's law is taken into account.

Word forms

Hofstadter's law

Etymology

Named after Douglas Hofstadter (1945–), who introduced it in his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.

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