In one of the last sub-sections of chapter one, Hofstadter explains the “Me-Too”-Phenomenon, which I haven't actually thought about but struck my interest immediately. The concept of this problem (or rather effect) is that people develop their own independent line of thought during a conversation. Either we come up with our own imagery which by definition has to differ from the other person's, we might even think into a different direction, though starting from the same original thought or we just think in analogous to the described story. The outcome, especially but not exclusively of the latter, can be the so-called “Me-too”-Phenomenon, where we answer according to the presented circumstances but just reflect/project them on our situation.
Example: “My dog used to literally eat my homework.” - “Yeah, mine too.”
Clearly in this example the two persons do not mean the first ones homework but theirs individually in analogy. The “Me-Too”-Phenomenon shows how easy it is for humans to think in analogies, sometimes even without noticing it. Applying the same ability to pattern-matching algorithms for example inevitably has to be a tough job, though.
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