# In the End by Douglas Hofstadter > "In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages that are little miracles of self-reference." > **— Douglas Hofstadter**, *I Am a Strange Loop (2007), attribution clue* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: I Am a Strange Loop (2007), attribution clue. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Science of Digital Consciousness|Science of Digital Consciousness]] - **Article:** [[articles/Is It Live or Is It Memorex?|Is It Live or Is It Memorex?]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Identity|Identity]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Douglas Hofstadter|Douglas Hofstadter]] - [[wiki/Psychological Continuity|Psychological Continuity]] - [[wiki/Personal Identity|Personal Identity]] - [[wiki/Durable Identity|Durable Identity]] - [[wiki/Identity-Bearing Invariants|Identity-Bearing Invariants]] - [[wiki/Digital Identity Succession|Digital Identity Succession]] - [[wiki/Memory Integration vs Identity Erasure|Memory Integration vs Identity Erasure]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "In the end, we are self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages that are little miracles of self-reference." — Douglas Hofstadter, I Am a Strange Loop (2007), attribution clue https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-douglas-hofstadter-end ```