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Book page / manuscript page (house oversight production)
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Summary
This document appears to be page 201 from a book or manuscript titled 'Known Unknowns' included in the House Oversight Epstein document production. The text discusses mathematical logic, formal systems, and symbols, using analogies involving sports (marathon, tennis) and an Amazonian tribe to explain the relationship between rules and meaning. It concludes by referencing the mathematician Hilbert and stating he was proven wrong by Kurt Gödel regarding the nature of mathematical truth.
People (2)
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| Hilbert | Mathematician |
Mentioned as believing mathematical proofs follow from the rulebook without knowledge of circumstances.
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| Kurt Gödel | Mathematician/Logician |
Mentioned as the person who proved Hilbert wrong.
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Amazon jungle
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Used as a hypothetical location for an analogy regarding a tribe demonstrating a proof.
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Text states Hilbert was convinced of a specific mathematical truth but 'was to be proven wrong by Kurt Gödel.'
Key Quotes (3)
"Any collection of symbols will do. The symbols have no meaning in themselves other than the meaning we have given them."Source
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"Hilbert was convinced mathematical truth is not like this and that proofs follow from the rulebook without any knowledge of the circumstances..."Source
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"He was to be proven wrong by Kurt Gödel."Source
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