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To: kosta50

Forget quantum, forget light, your argument is getting obtuse. The point is whether mathematic proof is proof of truth and facts.

If the Pythagorean theorem is proved mathematically, is it therefore proven “true” - a “fact”? If it is mathematically proven false, is it therefore “false”. If it is mathematically proven unprovable, is it therefore a fact that it is “unprovable.”


61 posted on 04/11/2010 10:03:19 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
If it is mathematically proven unprovable, is it therefore a fact that it is “unprovable

If something is unprovable (in a given working model) it is simply unprovable. It is not "proven" unprovable.

63 posted on 04/11/2010 10:20:52 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: D-fendr
If it is mathematically proven false, is it therefore “false”.

Since we are on semantics, if it ismathematically proven false then it is mathematically false. That doesn't mean it is necessarily false as regards the real world.

64 posted on 04/11/2010 10:58:37 PM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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