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>From: forbis@carson.u.washington.edu (Gary Forbis)
Subject: Re: Universe is a big place ,,,
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In article <1992May21.153839.15713@mp.cs.niu.edu> rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
>In article <9412@scott.ed.ac.uk> dlh@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Dominik Lukes) writes:
>
>>                         Say! Why do I have to understand the mathematical
>>part of the Goedel's incompleteness theorem to be able to use it for
>>speculations about human cognitive ability.
>
> If you ignore the mathematical parts, there isn't a whole lot left :-( .
>
> However, Goedel's incompleteness theorem has NOTHING to say about human
>cognitive ability.  It is merely a red herring which some people like to
>drag up from time to time.

Are you sure about this?  Can you prove it or is this statement merely
true but unprovable?

I think Goedel's incompeteness theorem has everything to do with the formal
aspects of human cognition.  How can you consistently believe otherwise?

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>  Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science               <rickert@cs.niu.edu>
>  Northern Illinois Univ.
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--gary forbis@u.washington.edu


