antisphexishness

antisphexishness

English

Etymology

From antisphexish +‎ -ness, coined by Douglas Hofstadter.

Noun

antisphexishness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being antisphexish.
   • 1985, Douglas Hofstadter, “On the Seeming Paradox of Mechanizing Creativity”, in Metamagical Themas, New York: Basic Books, →ISBN, page 529:

     I propose to call the quality here portrayed sphexishness, and its opposite antisphexishness (a vexish word to pronounce!), and then I propose that consciousness is simply the possession of antisphexishness to the highest possible degree. The point is that sphexishness and antisphexishness are two extremes along a continuum.

   • 2002 January 25, Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Singularity Fun Theory (was: Ethical basics)”, in SL4 mailing list‎, message-ID <[e-mail]>:

     Do you have to yank out your own antisphexishness routines in order not to be bored by eternal life? (I.e., modify yourself so that you have "fun" in spending a thousand years carving table legs, a la "Permutation City".)

Translations

state or condition of being antisphexish