Hi, I’m Andy Cohen, A.K.A. Inadvisable on Tumblr. I work at Newsweek magazine in New York and co-host a weekly call-in radio show on WFMU called SHUT UP, WEIRDO (which has it’s own Tumblog).

I’ve been trying to read GEB since it first came out in 1979, because as a kid I was really into Escher. The book sounded exciting, but the math and music was way over my head. I tried again 20 years ago, but didn’t make it to the start of Chapter 1. Since then, I’ve become a fan of Bach and read a biography of Godel, so I’m ready for a third attempt. This is my first “book club” experience.

In recent years I’ve become interested in the nature of truth and reality. Some specific areas of interest:

• What makes a news story “accurate”?
• Why do smart people make big financial mistakes?
• How do magic tricks work? Why are people fooled by them?
• What makes jokes funny?
• Can you ever really trust your brain and/or perceptions?

And so on. Glad to be here for the journey.