Inferring the Attractor

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2. The supposed limitations of mathematics

2. The supposed limitations of mathematics

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It is generally understood that Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems, which we touched on in the last post, demonstrate the fundamental limitations of possible mathematical knowledge. As you will see, nothing could be further from the truth.

First, we will need some terminology. 

  1. Laws of physics: the true, lowest-level, fundamental description of reality. Our …

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