shminux comments on Open Thread, June 2-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 10 June 2013 08:44:11PM 1 point [-]

This might be helpful.

These are natural mathematical equivalents of the Godel "true but undecidable" sentence. They can be proved in a larger system which is generally accepted as a valid form of reasoning, but are undecidable in a more limited system such as Peano Arithmetic.