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Re: Formally Unknowability, or absolute Undecidability, of certain
arithmetic formulas.
Posted:
Jan 28, 2013 8:51 AM
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Nam Nguyen wrote:
> >> On 27/01/2013 12:07 PM, Frederick Williams wrote:
> >>> Nam Nguyen wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> "There are infinitely many counter examples of the Goldbach Conjecture".
> >>>>
[...]
> >>> Its truth value might be discovered tomorrow.
[...]
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> But, A) what's the technical definition of "might be discovered
> tomorrow"? "Tomorrow" relative to which side of the International
> Date line? The Australia side? or the US side? And B) what happens
> if before "tomorrow" has arrived, "today" somebody would discover
> the truth value of cGC, rendering "might be discovered tomorrow"
> _meaningless_ ?
I had misjudged you. I thought your constant changing of the subject
and not answering questions put to you was dishonesty, but I now think
that you are mentally retarded. That probably isn't the Politically
Correct term, sorry.
--
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by
this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Jonathan Swift: Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
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