[pgsandstrom]

I can appreciate a book being obscure or dragging things out when it is trying to give the reader an aesthetic experience. But this point seem to be one that would easiest be communicated clearly and succinctly.

Or is the point "there is so much mystery in these systems that perhaps there is room for an explanation for consciousness"? Maybe then I would be more sympathetic.

Or perhaps I should just read the book before condemning it :)

[serf]

the point of the book is to give supporting evidence and guide the reader to the conclusion through testimony of thought and historical anecdote.

in other words, GEB tries to coax the reader into a eureka moment, which is exactly why it has so many fans; it convinced each and every one of us that we were genius for just a split second.