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Gödel's second incompleteness theorem explained in words of one syllable (languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)

submitted 2 years ago by mrh to c/math

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[–] mrh 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

yep this is the claim and the case, but it is the why that is so tough!

[–] Dad 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I'm a fool. I thought it was a prompt and didn't see it was link 😅

[–] Interesting_Test_814 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I find it cool that all the text you wrote here is too made just of short words, and you kept that rule through this new text as well ;)

Damn it's hard to write this way, as all the words in -ing are too long for one, but I think the word I missed the most is "ev en". (Yes, I put a space so that it's two short words and not a too long one. You may call that a cheat but eh, how should I talk of the words I can't write if not with such a trick.)

[–] Interesting_Test_814 1 points 2 years ago

(I know "talk of" is not the right way to write it, but the right way would use a word that is too long for my goal. So "talk of" it is. I thought I had a wrong "much" in there as well, but it seems I don't when I read back my text once more)