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Comment author: Stephen_Cole 15 August 2015 03:37:27PM -1 points [-]

Beyond all doubt sounds fairly dogmatic, no? Godel proved in 1931 that Hilbert's program for a solid mathematical foundation (circa 1900) was impossible.

Comment author: ike 16 August 2015 01:33:06AM 5 points [-]

Not everything can be proven, but those that are are proven beyond (virtually all) doubt.