Re: Is Mankind Smart Enough?
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But the one key point of Godel's theorem is the type of system. I believe it must have an infinite recursive structure to fall into the class of theories that must be incomplete. If the final theory doesn't have such a structure, then it is possible that it could be complete (like euclidean geometry).
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Do you really believe that a complete theory of the universe might not conatin an infinitive recursive structure (such as the natural numbers)? The possibly of the universe not haveing such a recursive structure goes so against my intuition that I really cannot imagine it.
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