Gregory Chaitin Lecture Carnegie-Mellon University 2000 Pt 7

School of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 2000

Historical Introduction --- A Century of Controversy Over the Foundations of Mathematics
G.J. Chaitin's 2 March 2000 Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture. The speaker was introduced by Manuel Blum. The lecture was videotaped; there is an edited transcript which appeared on pp. 12-21 of a special issue of Complexity magazine on ``Limits in Mathematics and Physics'' (Vol. 5, No. 5, May/June 2000).
http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~chaitin

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[id1337x]

@AgapeFlight2010 1 + 1 = 2 is not a fundamental truth of the universe, but rather it is a relationship between two functions, addition (+) and equality (=). We only came up with this because we observed with our senses two physical bodies coming together to form a pair, so mathematics is nothing more then knowledge from the senses, aka empiricism.

[AgapeFlight2010]

Nothing is true by accident. Truth and existence are not entirely unrelated. 1 + 1 = 2 might not lead by any methods we know to a GUT, but it nevertheless is a fundamental truth of the universe which we do understand. We falsely make the assumption that we have minds for the purpose of knowing such things as all mathematical truth. It is a very large assumption indeed. Purpose is both the desire and the bane of mankind apart from God.

[2PARAGON]

at the "least" "n" is seeking a pratical application, with mentions to entrophy, it is similar to anomalous monism...interesting