# Refers to Itself by Douglas Hofstadter > "The self is a pattern that arises in a brain and refers to itself." > **— Douglas Hofstadter**, *I Am a Strange Loop (2007), compressed candidate wording* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: I Am a Strange Loop (2007), compressed candidate wording. ## 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/Is It Live or Is It Memorex?|Is It Live or Is It Memorex?]] - **Article:** [[articles/Redefining Crypto and Blockchain|Redefining Crypto and Blockchain]] - **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]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The self is a pattern that arises in a brain and refers to itself." — Douglas Hofstadter, I Am a Strange Loop (2007), compressed candidate wording https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-douglas-hofstadter-refers-itself ```