"Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
>
> It looks like sensationalism and bad science reporting...
>
> Except for the idea that the Goldbach Conjecture (NOT the Riemann
> Hypothesis, as stated in the article) might be true but TOTALLY
> unproveable (i.e., the consequence of an infinite number of independent
> mathematical facts). I've heard this hypothesized before in connection
> with Chaitin's work, and I find it both plausible and chilling.
Sez F:
> >From New Scientist magazine, 10 March 2001.
>
> >The Omega Man
>
> It is remarkable how much infinity has room for.
>
> --- Joe Fineman jcf@world.std.com
>
> ||: Lady Luck's maiden name was Miss Fortune. :||
Jim F.
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