Manfred comments on Open Thread, Jun. 8 - Jun. 14, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 13 June 2015 08:39:27AM 1 point [-]

I think the typical example is if you do a search for a proof of inconsistency in Peano arithmetic. You don't expect to find any inconsistencies, but you can't prove that you won't.

Comment author: Decius 19 June 2015 01:48:25AM -1 points [-]

More like trying to find the Godel statement of the universe; it provably exists, and provably cannot be positively identified.