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==In popular culture== * A [[computer program]] whose output is its own source code is called a "[[Quine (computing)|quine]]" after Quine. This usage was introduced by [[Douglas Hofstadter]] in his 1979 book, ''[[Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid]]''. * Quine is a recurring character in the webcomic "[[Existential Comics]]".<ref name=ExistentialComics>{{cite web|author=C. Mohler|url=http://existentialcomics.com/comic/36| title=Existential Comics: The Sighting| website= Existential Comics|access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref> * Quine was selected for inclusion in the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]]'s "Pantheon of Skeptics", which celebrates contributors to the cause of [[scientific skepticism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pantheon of Skeptics|url=http://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics|website=CSI|publisher=[[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]]|access-date=April 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131054129/http://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics|archive-date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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