cousin_it comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: NancyLebovitz 09 August 2010 11:18PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 11 August 2010 11:26:06AM *  2 points [-]

Oh, no. Quines are just as common in programming as they are in natural languages. Also see the diagonal lemma. I use self-referential sentences to prove theorems all the time, they're very common and can be used for a huge variety of purposes.