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Old 08-16-2003, 09:43 AM   #17 (permalink)
giblfiz
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Originally posted by YzermanS19

giblfiz: interesting point, and I didn't know the Godel theory.

My retort is this: if we haven't reached the end of original thought, then we have only reached 1/infinty of our true potential as humans. Correct?
I suppose that is one way to look at it. We have only just begun to touch what we can be. We are nothing(x/inf) compared to what we could potently come. I assume thats the prelude to a retort, otherwise I'm a little lost.

I'm not surprised that you don't know the Godel _proof_, its a bit esoteric. Really the only reason I would expect someone to know it is if they majored in math, or if they read "EGB" which did make it onto the best sellers list for a while. (I have no idea how that happened, I find the book unmanageably dense, and I usually like reading dense books)
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