4 ms·
This makes me wonder if math will ever reach a point where it’s “solved”. Like, a point where we know everything there is to know and every new field that you c
by brap 2y ago
This makes me wonder if math will ever reach a point where it’s “solved”. Like, a point where we know everything there is to know and every new field that you can think of can already be mapped to something else.
- sva_ 2y agoGödel says no https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_theorems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incompleteness_...
- brap 2y agoNaturally, by “everything there is to know” I meant within the confines of what’s possible to know
- ses1984 2y agoYou should read godel escher bach by hofstadter.
- daef 2y agoThen I'm curious: is it possible to know when we know everything there is to know?
- supernewton 2y agoNote that being able to do this would imply P=NP.