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Topic: On the diagonal argument again (2)
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LudovicoVan

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Re: On the diagonal argument again (2)
Posted: May 24, 2012 7:26 PM
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[Cross-posted to sci.logic.]

"Virgil" <virgil@ligriv.com> wrote in message
news:virgil-84FD7F.23214420052012@bignews.usenetmonster.com...
> In article <jpc315$lra$1@speranza.aioe.org>,
> "LudovicoVan" <julio@diegidio.name> wrote:
<snip>

>> This string is like it is saying "I am not listable", similar to "I am
>> not
>> provable". Is that a proof of anything? Are flying unicorns a proof
>> that
>> zoology is incomplete?
>
> Actually, the constructed string is saying "I was not listed in that
> particular list" since it is perfectly possible to put that string in a
> different list.

Right: not listable by that list, not provable by that theory, not
computable by that system, since...

-LV

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