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Friday, 17 October 2008

Masterpieces in words of one syllables

When you're asked to explain the famous second incompleteness theorem of Kurt Gödel, what is maximum length of words (measured in syllables) you think you will have to use? George Boolos managed to do it in words of one syllable. You can find the text here.
Posted by Sam at 10/17/2008 11:19:00 pm
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