Hofstadter’s Law in action¹:

As I continue to work on streets and roads (which I’m having difficulty making level, unlike streets and roads IRL which are always perfect), Meredith continues building our suburban house. Both are taking longer than expected, even though we did indeed take Hofstadter’s Law into account.

Here are the four newly painted walls:

Note that all these pieces came from a kit, which I showed the first week. The kit contains sprues; each sprue contains a variety of elements attached to it, such as the four shown here; and some elements, such as windows, aren’t attached to anything. Instructions usually — but not always — include some explanatory text. And they usually — but not always — include some pictures. For example:

If that looks complicated, maybe it helps you see why the whole process takes so long, even when…

1. Hofstadter’s Law: “Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter’s Law into account.” ↩︎

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