Re: So what's null then if it's not nothing?

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:51:54 GMT
Message-ID: <uBynf.1789$0z.1027_at_trndny02>


"JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote in message news:1134471591.221098.141490_at_g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> > >As usual, Godel's theorem is supremely
> > > irrelevant.
> >
> > And, yes, G.T. is irrelevant.
>
> Amen - that's why the first post made no mention to it, the second only
> as an oblique reference to explain an hofstadter quote about djinns,
> and a later post stating "Now this has _nothing_ at all to do with the
> discussion except as a sweeping analogy for boundaries between
> different levels of interpretation". I guess it is standard web forum
> fare for people to get hung up on these things, but it was all
> tangential to the point at hand:

In most forums, sooner or later, something gets compared to Hitler. In this forum, it's Godel instead. Received on Tue Dec 13 2005 - 12:51:54 CET

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