Hidden Agendas 0-35

The beginning of this book is concerned with computer programs that can locate sequences that are hidden in integer patterns. He discusses many hidden sequences that lie in particular patterns of integers. Some sequences were easy to understand, and some were worded and/or presented in such a way that didn't make much sense to me. However, after reading about all these hidden sequences that lied in these integer patterns, it really made me think. I started thinking that there may be some hidden sequence not in just integer patterns, but in patterns of events that occur in people's lives. Perhaps if we found the essence of the sequence that existed among life events maybe we could somehow predict events before they happen, but that is a very abstract thought. Hofstadter also says that scientists and Mathematicians often draw conclusions off of insufficient evidence, and he will not be guilty of that, he wants to thoroughly test and re-test his findings to make sure that they are true. I can't wait to read on and discover whatelse Hofstadter believes and what else he has discovered. I also found it very interesting that he talked about the Fibonacci sequence and that he used this to determine if there was a sequence in integer patterns. I find this interesting because that is the ratio in which plants and animals grow, it is also known as the "golden mean ratio".