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Godel did not argue or show "there are fundamental epistemic limits to the universe". The universe is not a formal axiomatic system. This repeats an very old,
by calf 3y ago
Godel did not argue or show "there are fundamental epistemic limits to the universe". The universe is not a formal axiomatic system.
This repeats an very old, popular pop-philosophy misconception about Godel's theorems and GEB seems to have done nothing to help with this category error.
- samatman 3y agoWhether or not the universe is (or, to split hairs, may be exactly expressed as) a formal axiomatic system, was very much an open question, one which Gödel helped answer conclusively in the negative.