Re:Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
by greatest-ape on Friday November 11, 2016 @12:46PM
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On the same note, reading Wittgenstein and realizing there is not a single system of logic underpinning reality, but a hodgepodge of different systems that may or may not have to do with each other.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
by carsongross on Friday November 11, 2016 @05:24PM
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Note that Wittgenstein thought that you could not use language to get between language and the world, and never accepted Godel's results. It's possible he never understood them, perhaps due to the cognitive dissonance.
I enjoy Wittgenstein, but I think Godel is a far more important figure.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
by swah on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:32PM
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Something along these lines?
http://cosmicfingerprints.com/incompleteness/
Re:Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
by carsongross on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @02:02PM
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yep
Re:Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
by ulmeyda on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:20PM
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I was never quite able to decide if I should laugh or cry.
Re:Ask HN: What's the best aha moment you've had?
by carsongross on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:42PM
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Both, clearly.
But mostly laugh.
I laughed hysterically.