Hofstadter's law

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Hofstadter's law

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

Translations

self-referential adage

• French: loi de Hofstadter (fr) f