Relying on words to lead you to the truth is like relying on an incomplete formal system to lead you to the… — Douglas R. Hofstadter
Relying on words to lead you to the truth is like relying on an incomplete formal system to lead you to the truth. A formal system will give you some truths, but as we shall soon see, a formal system, no matter how powerful—cannot lead to all truths.
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