http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/10/emergence-emerges.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/10/emergence-emerges.html/comment-page-1#comment-5102 David Brodbeck Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:48:13 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2914#comment-5102 It's a good thing, too! If we ever <i>did</i> actually figure out what the universe was and what it was for, it might instantly be replaced by something even more inexplicable. It’s a good thing, too! If we ever did actually figure out what the universe was and what it was for, it might instantly be replaced by something even more inexplicable.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/10/emergence-emerges.html/comment-page-1#comment-5101 PHB Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:53:01 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2914#comment-5101 Nah, the universe is unprovable, but you can't prove that. Nah, the universe is unprovable, but you can’t prove that.

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/10/emergence-emerges.html/comment-page-1#comment-5100 Andrew Yeomans Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:09:33 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2914#comment-5100 I'm surprised that no-one appears to have linked provable emergence with Gödel's theorem. Since that shows how, for any consistent formal theory that proves certain basic truths, there are statements that are true but not provable in the theory. Which seems a good description of emergence. I’m surprised that no-one appears to have linked provable emergence with Gödel’s theorem. Since that shows how, for any consistent formal theory that proves certain basic truths, there are statements that are true but not provable in the theory. Which seems a good description of emergence.

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