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Maybe recursion is a universal grammar principle, found at every level, in every aspect,
and binding every level and aspect continuously. It is representative in psychology, mythology,
language, art, and technology. And if recursion is an archetype that gave rise to the literary form
of the palindrome, which was first practiced thousands of years ago, then what does this
archetype symbolize? According to Hofstadter, "Implicit in the concept of Strange Loops is the
concept of infinity, since what else is a loop but a way of representing an endless process in a
finite way?"'42 Interesting. Surfacing expressions of infinity. Maybe humans could not have
evolved into the Earth's current dominant species without recursion. Maybe the first class of
primate to conceptualize infinity walked away from Eden genetically equipped with an innate
propensity for recursion.36
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McConnell, Michael Constantine. Outer Reaches of the Palindrome, thesis, December 2003; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4407/m1/39/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .