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Hofstadter's Law is a self-referencing time-related adage, coined by Douglas Hofstadter and named by himself.

“	It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.	”
	— Douglas Hofstadter, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid[1]

Hofstadter's Law was a part of Douglas Hofstadter's 1979 magnum opus Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. It is often cited among programmers, especially in discussions of techniques to improve productivity, such as The Mythical Man-Month or Extreme Programming.

[edit] See also

• Optimism bias
• Planning fallacy
• Reference class forecasting
• Adages named after people

[edit] References

1. ^ Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. 20th anniversary ed., 1999, p. 152. ISBN 0-465-02656-7

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