goedel's_theorem Yahoo! Search * Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem * "Any consistent system cannot be used to prove its own consistency." Gödel's incompleteness theorem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... theorems are two celebrated theorems proved by Kurt Gödel in 1930. Somewhat simplified, the first theorem states: ... Any consistent system cannot be used to prove its own consistency. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incompleteness_Theorem - 37k - Cached - More pages from this site Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem comments on the importance of his work. Category: Mathematicians Kurt Gödel www.miskatonic.org/godel.html - 9k - Cached Gödel "Stepping outside the system" is not enough. There are two main types of references to stepping or standing "outside the system" in connection with Gödel's theorem, one of which is correct and the other incorrect. ... system must be used ... consistent system T subject to Gödel's theorem can't prove its own consistency (or, equivalently, can't prove the so-called Gödel ... www.sm.luth.se/~torkel/eget/godel/system.html - 5k - Cached 040725 ... m21k The first theorem states: In any consistent formalization of mathematics that is sufficiently strong to define the concept of natural numbers, one can construct a statement that can be neither proved nor disproved within that system. 040725 ... kx21 iLink: The_Mind_of_God 040725 ... Borealis brings to mind euclidian geometry vs..the other kind(s) who's name(s) I have no means to look up at present time. 040725 ... marked . 040726 ... Piso Mojado goedel_escher_bach 040726 ... smurfus rex ...[blank stare]... 040726 ... a "point" *** * "Limit" of Internal Investigations *** * Be_on_Notice * 8 Sep 2004 Retired officers call for independent probe of military detention, interrogation practices http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&e=1&u=/afp/20040908/pl_afp/iraq_us_prisoners_letter_040908204302 WASHINGTON (AFP) - A group of retired generals and admirals called for an independent investigation into detention and interrogation practices at Abu Ghraib and other US-run detention facilities 040908 ... "Investigations that are purely internal to the military, however competent, cannot examine the whole picture," 040908 what's it to you? who go blather from