It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law

This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.

Sometimes it seems as though each new step towards AI, rather than producing something which everyone agrees is real intelligence, merely reveals what real intelligence is not.

[...] provability is a weaker notion than truth

The order of June 13 did not get in the proper people's hands because of the chaos in Michael Jackson's life.