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Re:Gödel's Theorem by jeromebaek on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:47PM (#19046832)
The difference between Godel and Atiyah is that Godel's later (and more "philosophical") works are very hard to dismiss, because literally nobody understands it. Though it hasn't stopped people from trying: https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/avigad/Papers/dialect.pdf
Re:Gödel's Theorem by throwawaymath on Thursday January 31, 2019 @04:21PM (#19048983)
I think you'll find many people actually do understand it. In fact, you generally shouldn't predicate your argument on the idea that "literally nobody understands" a thing, because that implies you're directly aware of the entire scope of literature around the subject and its implications.

Aside from that, inability to understand a thing should really count against it. Or do you suppose Miyazaki's Inter-Universal Teichmüller theory is strong because it's borderline incomprehensible?

Like I said, Occam's Razor suggests there really isn't much there.

Re:Gödel's Theorem by jeromebaek on Saturday February 02, 2019 @12:40PM (#19064351)
Funny, some suggest Occam's Razor is just a paraphrase of Gödel's theorem.