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Mainly, I am fond of this, because while we know of this result, we also tend to ignore it and keep plodding away at math, acting like it doesn't exist. --[[User:Cctroxel|Cctroxel]] 12:24, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
 
Mainly, I am fond of this, because while we know of this result, we also tend to ignore it and keep plodding away at math, acting like it doesn't exist. --[[User:Cctroxel|Cctroxel]] 12:24, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
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Godel's Incompleteness Theorem (first one)

Any logical system cannot be both consistent and complete. In particular, for any consistent, logical system that proves certain truths, there will always be a statement that is true, but not provable in the theory.

Mainly, I am fond of this, because while we know of this result, we also tend to ignore it and keep plodding away at math, acting like it doesn't exist. --Cctroxel 12:24, 22 January 2009 (UTC)


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