Me Two (or three)

Hofstadter brought up the "Me-Too" Phenomenon on page 75. I instantly thought of another example that (at least I think) always comes into play with the phenomenon. So, when I was a very small child, my Uncle went to me "I'm going to have a baby!" This blew me away! I was no more than eight (maybe twenty...) and he just stated (with exasperation) that he, (my Uncle) was going to have a baby. Whoa...I won't go into any biology but needless to say I was shocked. But then I figured out, (and I think you all know where I'm going with this) that he wasn't going to have a baby, my Aunt was. Thus, at some level I had to generalize the situation, to figure out what was going on. This is a perfect example on what I think Hofstadter was trying to convey. That, what we say as humans, must be interpreted in a fluid manner, or else it won't make sense. This shared essence, as he calls it, must be totally implicit (pg. 75).

How does all of this tie into our course? Well, I pondered on this question for a little bit and this is what came about. That, when we do these types of "Me-Too" gestures, we as humans seem to be able to process it, with little trouble, unless someone is out in left field when they are suppose to be on the pitchers mound (I'll stop with my horrible "sports" puns). To fix these issues, we could use logic (a very general logic), and it would lay out a nice and neat form of what is being said when a person encounters the "Me-Too" Phenomenon. If we can define thought (maybe language?) in this way, we could try to clear up the generalizations that happen when the "Me-Too" Phenomenon occurs.

I'll leave with a question: What would happen with a person who had dual-personality syndrome and this "Me-Too" Phenomenon? Just something to think about... Or how about this, would if we had a program that runs parallel with itself, and it encounters the phenomenon? A lot of ambiguous problems could occur.
-Bryan