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Decius comments on We won't be able to recognise the human Gödel sentence - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Decius 06 October 2012 06:11:25AM -1 points [-]

Here- have a general case Gödel sentence.

"This sentence cannot be proven true within any sound system which can express it."

To prove that false, it is necessary and sufficient to show that there is a sound system which can prove that it is true.