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Math is the study of verifiable, undebatable truth. A certain Mr. Gödel would disagree with you there.
by jpeterson 17y ago
Math is the study of verifiable, undebatable truth.
A certain Mr. Gödel would disagree with you there.
- ubernostrum 17y agoNo, I don't think he would. He'd point out that there are things which cannot be placed in the realm of verifiable and undebatable, but that doesn't mean there are no things which can be placed in that realm.
- jpeterson 17y agoGödel's intent was to show that there are things that are "true" but not "provable". So to say that math is the study of things that are verifiably and undebatably true is at odds with that.
- Jimmy 17y agoCan math study everything that is true? No. As far as the things it studies goes, are they true? Yes.
- presidentender 17y agoRight - and the things that are true but not verifiable as such aren't math.
- presidentender 17y agoNope. A certain Mr. Goedel and I agree that certain truths are unverifiable and fall outside the realm of mathematics.