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- From: cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra Stewart-Cole)
- Subject: Re: godel theorem and godel theorem ....(Re: Where's
- References: <1993Jan20.151556.29334@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:25:40 GMT
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- I think the missing links between GT and the assertitions you've seen it
- applied to are that science and philosophy are attempts to create a fully
- logical complete consistent system for modeling life and the universe. That is
- not really all that accurate, but I think it explains the connection for (1)
- and (3). The fiction of truth is a bit different. There is no proveable truth
- logically beyond ones own existence if one does not make assumptions of truth.
- For those who have sought to make only a few assumptuions and prove various
- truths that fully represent reality consistently from them, GT undermines the
- attempt. It shows that logical deduction is insufficient to explain anything
- complex no matter how many starting axioms you take. For seekers of objective
- truth backed by logic, this is a disturbing concept.
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