Hofstadter's law

== English == === Etymology === Named after Douglas Hofstadter (1945–), who introduced it in his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. === Proper noun === Hofstadter's law The self-referential adage that a task always takes longer than expected, even when Hofstadter's law is taken into account. ==== Translations ====