Re: Godel's theorem in the news?
- From: MoeBlee <jazzmobe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:24:41 -0700
On Sep 25, 7:04 am, david petry <david_lawrence_pe...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
In Monday's speech at Columbia University, Iran's president Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad was asked why he thinks more research should be done on
the Holocaust. His rambling answer included the following remarks,
which appear to be a reference to Godel's theorems.
The translation is from the Washington Post.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR200...
"We had principles in mathematics that were granted to be absolute in
mathematics for over 800 years. But new science has gotten rid of
those absolutisms, come forward other different logics of looking at
mathematics and sort of turned the way we look at it as a science
altogether after 800 years. "
There are many things (perhaps not even specifically, but generally)
that he may have in mind - non-Newtonian physics, non-Euclidean
geometry, incompleteness, alternative logics, chaos theory, etc.
"In one of the widely accepted definitions of science, it is stated
that it is the light which sheds to the hearts of those who have been
selected by the almighty. Therefore, according to this definition,
science is a divine gift and the heart is where it resides. If we
accept that science means illumination, then its scope supersedes the
experimental sciences and it includes every hidden and disclosed
reality. One of the main harms inflicted against science is to limit
it to experimental and physical sciences. This harm occurs even though
it extends far beyond this scope. Realities of the world are not
limited to physical realities and the materials, just a shadow of
supreme reality. And physical creation is just one of the stories of
the creation of the world."
I wish he would shut up about that. It's not good to have ZFC's
Islamic roots so blantantly celebrated.
MoeBlee
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