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theWheez | 6 years ago
My extrapolation is influenced by the Curry-Howard isomorphism, equating computer programs and mathematical proofs. Extrapolation to "reality" and philosophy, to me, comes from my belief of computing as universal and that consciousness is not so separate from computing.
psychometry|6 years ago
theWheez|6 years ago
I'm not saying that reality is encompassed in the theorem because "mathematics", I'm positing that if mathematics, a man-made formal system, is self-consistent but requires a true, unprovable statement, then perhaps other man-made systems might reveal similar paradoxes, when put under scrutiny.
Mathematics is unique in that it is systematic and, as Godel discovered, able to be self referential and explicitly outline this paradox. Yet one can recreate the sense of the theorem in English with the phrase "this sentence is false".
This doesn't invalidate mathematics, nor English, nor any system. It simply demonstrates that what we may consider the "sound" logic of mathematics is paridoxical, and I believe that this paradox, this strange loop, is not unique to Godel's mathematical theory alone.