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> For example, something that seems entirely fundamental to us might require a very complicated proof in the alien system. True, but there is a bound on how mu
by canjobear 10y ago
> For example, something that seems entirely fundamental to us might require a very complicated proof in the alien system.
True, but there is a bound on how much complexity of a concept can differ across axiom systems. Complexity (up to an additive constant) is an objective fact independent of any particular axiom system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity#Invariance_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity#Invarian...