To: Stultis
Godel proved that no finite system is sufficient in itself. And while Godel’s theorem demonstrates that the finite infers something greater than itself, it is also true that the finite cannot prove the infinite. It must be inferred. Moreover, yet another implication of Godel’s theorem is that faith is ultimately the only possible response to reality. So, in so far as Godel is concerned, it would appear that faith and science are not strictly incompatible.
To: GodGunsGuts
Goedel was working in logical systems. It would be an extrapolation to infer something from his theorems beyond that.
564 posted on
07/02/2007 1:03:36 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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