5 ms·
Godel (the logician of Incompleteness Theorems fame) almost failed his citizenship exam (or whatever it is called) for pointing out that there’s almost nothing
by qubex 9y ago
Godel (the logician of Incompleteness Theorems fame) almost failed his citizenship exam (or whatever it is called) for pointing out that there’s almost nothing you can’t do with a 2/3 majority in Congress. Apparently the functionary was on the verge of rejecting his application for having made an accurate observation but some higher power dove in for a last-minute save.
http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2012/02/guerra-pujol-on-gödels-loophole.html http://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/2012/02/guerra-pujol-o...