Preface : an author and his book
An affable locking of horns
This teetering bulb of dread and dream
The causal potency of patterns
Loops, goals, and loopholes
Embarking on a strange-loop safari
G�odel's quintessential strange loop
How analogy makes meaning
The elusive apple of my "I"
Strangeness in the "I" of the beholder
Grappling with the deepest mystery
How we live in each other
The blurry glow of human identity
A courteous crossing of words
A brief brush with Cartesian egos
A tango with zombies and dualism
Killing a couple of sacred cows
On magnanimity and friendship