Mistakes in "What Some Have Thought"

[Adam]

In Douglas Hofstadter's comments to Karen (pg 356) he seems to mis-state Zeno's arrow paradox so that it's the equivalent of the Achilles/tortoise paradox. This is the sort of mistake that first year philosophy students make all the time, but it's not the sort of mistake that Douglas Hofstadter is likely to make.

In Anne Rice's comments (pg 358), she refers to a bat using radar. Again incorrect, though again a mistake that an amateur in the field might make.

Is there some significance to this? Do all the consultants make similar mistakes (that I just didn't notice)? Are they supposed to be Zampano's mistakes, indicating that he's made the interviews up (poorly)? Artistic License on Hofstadter/Rice's part or on Danielewski's part? A comment on the fallibility of pop-dignitaries?

[Steve]

PRECISELY.

[Ronald]

Indeed. They are part of the satirical post-modernist commentary on the modern book medium itself. =)