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Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 3:30pm On Dec 07, 2014
Dapo777:
An I the same person that made that statement? Later you would say I can't see,who is blind now in the both of us...
LOL!

4th post.

https://www.nairaland.com/2030474/faith-mathematics#28623702

He can't even find his own id.iotic post!

LOL! Hopeless!
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 3:32pm On Dec 07, 2014
Longstride:
this OP has all knowledge and no intelligence sad
And he would think you just want to steal his biscuit
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 3:32pm On Dec 07, 2014
Dapo777:
So you that posted the video you can't explain What's in the video,and you have the effrontery to call us illiterate.
You can't even understand the title of the video!

I will explain to serious folk who haven't wasted their years trolling and becoming as thick as you.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 3:37pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
LOL!

4th post.

https://www.nairaland.com/2030474/faith-mathematics#28623702

He can't even find his own id.iotic post!

LOL! Hopeless!
That was the only post I made on this thread before my Sharp reprimand, and I don't see why a reasonable person should take that question personal.

Work on yourself.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 3:39pm On Dec 07, 2014
This Op is a great source of entertainment, Please don't leave nairaland soon,we are enjoying your display of stupidity. cheesy
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 3:48pm On Dec 07, 2014
Dapo777:
That was the only post I made on this thread before my Sharp reprimand, and I don't see why a reasonable person should take that question personal.

Work on yourself.
You are happy the id.iotic post is your own, now?

One post is easily explained away, but you and your fellow trolls have a pattern of wanton ignorance going far beyond this thread.

The irony is that you feel you are in a position to preach "logic" to people, with your ineptitude and hypocrisy embarrassingly spreadeagled all over this thread for everyone to see.

Keep going, the more you do, the less I have to.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 3:56pm On Dec 07, 2014
Mumu op.
because of you, the mods will begin requiring tht members tender verified proof of having some education. (Senior secondary school minimum) before creating or participating in threads.
All because a monosyllabic monkey liked you hopped here to flaunt his crassness in d name of tryng to appear smart.


Go back university and complete your program and also enrol in a school of etiquettes while you are at it.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 4:06pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
You are happy the id.iotic post is your own, now?

One post is easily explained away, but you and your fellow trolls have a pattern of wanton ignorance going far beyond this thread.

The irony is that you feel you are in a position to preach "logic" to people, with your ineptitude and hypocrisy embarrassingly spreadeagled all over this thread for everyone to see.

Keep going, the more you do, the less I have to.
So what are u doing?
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by davien(m): 4:20pm On Dec 07, 2014
Sinequanon can't you open a thread without listing out people who you have disagreements with?
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 4:31pm On Dec 07, 2014
davien:
Sinequanon can't you open a thread without listing out people who you have disagreements with?
The opening post doesn't name anyone.

The trolls rolled in by themselves. They called themselves out.

A troll call then became necessary.

I don't have "disagreements" with people who can't even comprehend the title of a video. You can't even begin a debate with such illiterates. So where is the disagreement supposed to come from.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 5:16pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
The opening post doesn't name anyone.

The trolls rolled in by themselves. They called themselves out.

A troll call then became necessary.

I don't have "disagreements" with people who can't even comprehend the title of a video. You can't even begin a debate with such illiterates. So where is the disagreement supposed to come from.
you opened a thread, people commented you respond by abusing everybody . While never making any other intellctual contribution outside pointing to a youtube video.
And repeatng a mantra "its for mature and bla bla minds".


Weigraf, restated the basic summary of Godels theory. You quoted him to insult him.
Dapo777, drew your attention to a senseless statement you made.
You bashed him.

I restated d basic theory of Godel, and provided the historical backdrop .
You dismissed it as meaningless.

Then, you signed you comment by calling all who attended you thread trolls.


You are so daft u dont see the foolishness of ur statemnts.
If Godel's theory were inconsistent or a theory cud even b inconsistent, then no theory would b worth much bcause it is inherently wobbly.
Which is the nonsense you spouted that dapo777 drew youre attention to.

The proof of Godel demonstrated the inherent limitation of any formal symbolic system.
It is d system tht has d limitations not the theorems generated with such systems.

If on the other hand Godels theory were correct, the implication is: every postulate and conjecture that is still open can be decisively answered.
But this isnt the case.
In other words mathematics wud b a closed system with open problems. It wud just b a matter of time , before an answer was attained. because the tool for obtaining the answers itself logic
would b infallible.
Godel's proof shattered this hope and also russel's work under the false assumption.


Instead of shedding more light,
you became a monkey and strted cussing every1 out.


Did u sniff somethng bf coming online today?
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by plaetton: 5:25pm On Dec 07, 2014
,^^^
Don't mind this sinequanone clown.
He is the lofty and all powerful emperor of logic who gallantly waltzes in here in his glorious and majestic gold-laden invisible robe.

It only takes simpletons like us to remind his imperial Majesty that he is simply a deluded Butt-Na.ked mor.on.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 5:44pm On Dec 07, 2014
plaetton:
,^^^
Don't mind this sinequanone clown.
He is the lofty and all powerful emperor of logic who gallantly waltzes in here in his glorious and majestic gold-laden invisible robe.

It only takes simpletons like us to remind his imperial Majesty that he is simply a deluded Butt-Na.ked mor.on.
Guy how far Na, this ur grammar ehn cheesy
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by plaetton: 5:49pm On Dec 07, 2014
Dapo777:
Guy how far Na, this ur grammar ehn cheesy
wink
grin
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by wiegraf: 6:05pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
Gódel's second theorem proves that there is no way of proving consistency of a mathematical system.

i.e, even if a mathematical system is consistent, you can't prove it -- you cannot distinguish it from a system which has unknown inconsistencies.


The only person who took his time to understand is PastorAIO.



Clueless.



plaetton agrees with wiegraf's clueless summary.



Meaningless.

Also a failed attempt at the wrong theorem. The thread is about Gódel II not I.



Can't read.



Comprehension problems.

These are the trolls who have set themselves up to educate us all: plaetton and wiegraf, the halfwits + 1 clueless ranter + 2 illiterates.

Don't let these folks hold you back with their disease of wanton ignorance.
https://img3.owned.com/media/images/2/4/1/8/24189/after_seeing_people_complain_about_images_we_post_on_owned_com_540.jpg
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 6:14pm On Dec 07, 2014
asalimpo:
you opened a thread, people commented you respond by abusing everybody . While never making any other intellctual contribution outside pointing to a youtube video.
The only sensible response was from PastorAIO.

You, and your fellow trolls, have no chance of understanding "intellectual contributions".

You are all still too dumb to understand where you went wrong with the title of the video.

https://www.nairaland.com/2030474/faith-mathematics#28666212

If you can't understand that, you have no hope understanding the detail.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by davien(m): 6:15pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon....your views are subjective...do not expect everyone to share your views,you have to discuss how you arrived at those views and rationalize why others do not agree...otherwise you'd just be talking to yourself..
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 6:16pm On Dec 07, 2014
davien:
sinequanon....your views are subjective...do not expect everyone to share your views,you have to discuss how you arrived at those views and rationalize why others do not agree...otherwise you'd just be talking to yourself..
Looking at your record, if you shared my views, I'd be worried.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by davien(m): 6:23pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
Looking at your record, if you shared my views, I'd be worried.
Irrelevant...
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Kay17: 6:54pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
Gódel's second theorem proves that there is no way of proving consistency of a mathematical system.

i.e, even if a mathematical system is consistent, you can't prove it -- you cannot distinguish it from a system which has unknown inconsistencies.


The only person who took his time to understand is PastorAIO.



Clueless.



plaetton agrees with wiegraf's clueless summary.



Meaningless.

Also a failed attempt at the wrong theorem. The thread is about Gódel II not I.



Can't read.



Comprehension problems.

These are the trolls who have set themselves up to educate us all: plaetton and wiegraf, the halfwits + 1 clueless ranter + 2 illiterates.

Don't let these folks hold you back with their disease of wanton ignorance.
Sinequanon is becoming a disease. His idea of Godel's theorem is directed to carry his ultimate agenda not a discussion - - that mathematics and science are very much "works of faith". Which I find untenable.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 6:55pm On Dec 07, 2014
Meanwhile sinequanone at home

Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 6:59pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
The only sensible response was from PastorAIO.

You, and your fellow trolls, have no chance of understanding "intellectual contributions".

You are all still too dumb to understand where you went wrong with the title of the video.

https://www.nairaland.com/2030474/faith-mathematics#28666212

If you can't understand that, you have no hope understanding the detail.
pastorAIO asked u a question.
Every other thing u said is nothng but your bigoted opinion.
Wat will you say next, only physcist can understand the theory of relativity?
Only phd economists can understand d basic principles of game theory?
Only stellar biologists can spell d.n.a?

With each post you show how shallow u are.

And y refer to a video? Is it not humans like you that made d video? Is the video d authority on the matter?

If lay people cant grasp d principles of an intellectual work, how than is d press able to communicate accomplishmnts in those fields to a lay public?
Mumu. You cant think..
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 7:22pm On Dec 07, 2014
Let me ask you a simple question, airHead.

To what end is a logical system (which math is) , suppose to be 'consistent'?

Or

put differently,

y shud a system be (or be desired to be ) consistent?





you are simply incapable of communicating the essence of this subject plainly.
I challenge u to tear apart the subject and field questions and criticism on the matter, if you really hav any grasp of d subject matter.
Else quit your yapping and attacking.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by PastorAIO: 7:51pm On Dec 07, 2014
wiegraf:
Oga, abegi, then what is the clown saying?

On a serious note has this dude ever made an iota of sense? He's like uyi on steroids

Might need to make time to permanently shut him up, but then there's no one else providing his level of entertainment around. They all cried and left cry
grin Please allow me to speak once again in Sinequanon's defence. (Sinequanon, you go pay me o! Advocacy dey cost!!)

In the OP he hardly said anything of his own opinion and what he did say of his own opinion was not part of the main thrust of the Argument. Rather, he, unfortunately, started by dissing some people albeit without mentioning names. Having not followed his posts much in the past I presume there is some baggage from before so those he was referring to already knew themselves.

Mostly he quoted other mathematicians on the subject.

"there is no rigorous foundation for classical mathematics"
In the video, which I've only watched halfway so far, they lay out Godel's Paradox at 7:50 of the video.

1) We 'Know' that First Order Mathematics is Consistent.

2)It can be proved that It is impossible to prove the consistency of First Order Mathematics.

Therefore: If it is impossible to prove it then what is the basis of our 'Knowing' Mathamatics is consistent. Where does the sense of conviction come from? Obviously not from any rigorous appraisal of Maths.

If now skip to 9:40 of the video he lays out the 3 possibilities for countering Godel's theorem.

A) If we Know First Order maths to be Consistent then there must be a way to Prove it. This is the path many have tried to take and all have failed.

B)Admit a possibility of 'transcendental', provably unprovable knowledge. In other words Claim Faith. Or Intuition.

C)Or finally, Admit that the sense of Conviction in Mathematics is an illusion and First Order Mathematics is in fact InConsistent.

I think this is the basis of why Sinequanon titles this thread Faith in Mathematics.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 8:07pm On Dec 07, 2014
PastorAIO:
grin Please allow me to speak once again in Sinequanon's defence. (Sinequanon, you go pay me o! Advocacy dey cost!!)

In the OP he hardly said anything of his own opinion and what he did say of his own opinion was not part of the main thrust of the Argument. Rather, he, unfortunately, started by dissing some people albeit without mentioning names. Having not followed his posts much in the past I presume there is some baggage from before so those he was referring to already knew themselves.

Mostly he quoted other mathematicians on the subject.



In the video, which I've only watched halfway so far, they lay out Godel's Paradox at 7:50 of the video.

1) We 'Know' that First Order Mathematics is Consistent.

2)It can be proved that It is impossible to prove the consistency of First Order Mathematics.

Therefore: If it is impossible to prove it then what is the basis of our 'Knowing' Mathamatics is consistent. Where does the sense of conviction come from? Obviously not from any rigorous appraisal of Maths.

If now skip to 9:40 of the video he lays out the 3 possibilities for countering Godel's theorem.

A) If we Know First Order maths to be Consistent then there must be a way to Prove it. This is the path many have tried to take and all have failed.

B)Admit a possibility of 'transcendental', provably unprovable knowledge. In other words Claim Faith. Or Intuition.

C)Or finally, Admit that the sense of Conviction in Mathematics is an illusion and First Order Mathematics is in fact InConsistent.

I think this is the basis of why Sinequanon titles this thread Faith in Mathematics.
you spoke for him who cudnt speak for himself other than cuss like an impatient taxi driver who was cut into in peak rush hour traffic.


Where's tht primate , let him come and defend himself.

@pastorAIO
The question the mealymouth shud hav addressed in d first place is why the consistency of the mathematical system is sought or desired in d first place.
He shudve explained wat a mathematical system even means , i dont think d video does,i've not watched it yet.

He shud elucidate on wat first order logic means. If the terms for communication arent understood how can a layman make sense of the idea being communcated?

The op ddnt think of this because he's inept at communcating to a lay audience instead d punk just brands every1 who looks askance an illiterate (and he by implication a wise monkey).
He's a mumu. Branded 1.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by plaetton: 8:09pm On Dec 07, 2014
PastorAIO:
grin Please allow me to speak once again in Sinequanon's defence. (Sinequanon, you go pay me o! Advocacy dey cost!!)

In the OP he hardly said anything of his own opinion and what he did say of his own opinion was not part of the main thrust of the Argument. Rather, he, unfortunately, started by dissing some people albeit without mentioning names. Having not followed his posts much in the past I presume there is some baggage from before so those he was referring to already knew themselves.

Mostly he quoted other mathematicians on the subject.



In the video, which I've only watched halfway so far, they lay out Godel's Paradox at 7:50 of the video.

1) We 'Know' that First Order Mathematics is Consistent.

2)It can be proved that It is impossible to prove the consistency of First Order Mathematics.

Therefore: If it is impossible to prove it then what is the basis of our 'Knowing' Mathamatics is consistent. Where does the sense of conviction come from? Obviously not from any rigorous appraisal of Maths.

If now skip to 9:40 of the video he lays out the 3 possibilities for countering Godel's theorem.

A) If we Know First Order maths to be Consistent then there must be a way to Prove it. This is the path many have tried to take and all have failed.

B)Admit a possibility of 'transcendental', provably unprovable knowledge. In other words Claim Faith. Or Intuition.

C)Or finally, Admit that the sense of Conviction in Mathematics is an illusion and First Order Mathematics is in fact InConsistent.

I think this is the basis of why Sinequanon titles this thread Faith in Mathematics.
He should not only pay you for this, but he should apprentice with you to learn language , manners and online debate etiquettes.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by sinequanon(op): 8:18pm On Dec 07, 2014
PastorAIO:
grin Please allow me to speak once again in Sinequanon's defence. (Sinequanon, you go pay me o! Advocacy dey cost!!)

In the OP he hardly said anything of his own opinion and what he did say of his own opinion was not part of the main thrust of the Argument. Rather, he, unfortunately, started by dissing some people albeit without mentioning names. Having not followed his posts much in the past I presume there is some baggage from before so those he was referring to already knew themselves.

Mostly he quoted other mathematicians on the subject.
The comment I made was general. These people are at large all over the internet and elsewhere. This IS part of the discussion. The FAITH in mathematics is not only in principle, but in practice.

I made the point deliberately and it is FORTUNATE for me that some of them chose to turn up and identify themselves, their ineptitude, their FAITH, their illiteracy, and their hypocrisy. I am not trying to convince these people. I think you are wasting your time if that is what you are trying to do. My only use for them is for demonstration purposes, which they have obliged.

There is a very vocal stratum of lay wannabe academics, who think they can "educate" everybody with their naive understanding of the nature of mathematics. They say naive things like "mathematics is totally consistent", "mathematical proof is incontrovertible evidence in physics", etc. etc.

This is what real mathematicians know..

One legendary mathematician to another:

"there is no rigorous foundation for classical mathematics"
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 8:30pm On Dec 07, 2014
sinequanon:
The comment I made was general. These people are at large all over the internet and elsewhere. This IS part of the discussion. The FAITH in mathematics is not only in principle, but in practice.

I made the point deliberately and it is FORTUNATE for me that some of them chose to turn up and identify themselves, their ineptitude, their FAITH, their illiteracy, and their hypocrisy. I am not trying to convince these people. I think you are wasting your time if that is what you are trying to do. My only use for them is for demonstration purposes, which they have obliged.

your comments are usually INCONSISTENT and unclear.
You only ended up upstaging yourself in a negative way.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by PastorAIO: 8:31pm On Dec 07, 2014
asalimpo:
Let me ask you a simple question, airHead.

To what end is a logical system (which math is) , suppose to be 'consistent'?

Or

put differently,

y shud a system be (or be desired to be ) consistent?
I think these are great questions. I believe that Mutual exclusivity of certain things (termed opposites) is fundamental to the way that we experience phenomena and also to the way that the mind works.

We cannot expect a pot of water to both be getting hotter and getting cooler at the same time. Heating and Cooling, being opposites, cannot happen at the same time.
We we say that the pot of water is getting hotter, THEN ACCORDING TO THE RIGORS IMPOSED ON US BY LOGIC, We cannot say that the pot of what is getting cooler.

if we hear 2 reports, one saying that it's getting hotter and the other saying it's getting cooler then perforce we conclude that one of the reports is True and the other is False.

When 2 mutually exclusive events both seem to hold then we have what is called a Paradox. ( abeg I know these things are obvious, I'm not being condescending, I'm just trying to break down my argument so that any reader reading this thread will be able to follow.)

Me personally I believe that at the peripheries of any logical system if we push the logic far enough we will eventually run into paradox. Bertrand Russell found this out too.

By system I mean:
A system is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System#Pure_logical_systems

I've run into trouble here in the past because I claimed that reality cannot be reduced to the terms of knowledge so therefore we cannot, using the terms of knowledge, grasp reality, or even God. i.e we cannot 'know' God.
Reeling from the backlash I decided not to push my case because I felt it would involve bringing up issues that were far from the thread we were on, and far from what the people I was discussing with had ever considered. I was daunted by the enormity of the task.

Knowledge is articulated in terms based on mutual exclusivity of opposites. It IS or it ISN'T. True or False.

ie We Know what Is, We know what Isn't. We might even concede that we DON'T know What is, or Isn't. But the bottomline is it is articulated in affirmations and negations. True or False. Yes or No. Mutually exclusive Oppositions.

What happens when we have an experience that truly cannot be articulated in those terms? Language fails to communcate it. Thought fails to apprehend/comprehend it. The structure of categorising the world into opposites comes crashing down.

You cannot 'know' such an experience in the normal terms of knowing. It is these kinds of experience that I called Mystery. I tried hard in vain to explain what I meant by Mystery but I got shouted at that I was blahblahblahing the Unknown. There was some word they used but I cannot remember it. It amounted to saying I was worshipping the unknown or deifying the unknown.

I couldn't get it across that Mystery had nothing to do with Knowable or Unknowable, Known or unknown. It was an experience that cannot be categorised according to Mutually exclusive opposites.

Mystery, I believe, is embedded deep in the very structure of reality and that is why I believe that our Thought systems cannot properly grasp the universe. It is beyond Thought.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by asalimpo(m): 8:36pm On Dec 07, 2014
To further highlight even d bankruptcy of the op in his alleged field,

i ask
:
is a mathematical theorem faultable?


you dont even know ur field!
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by Nobody: 8:57pm On Dec 07, 2014
PastorAIO:
grin Please allow me to speak once again in Sinequanon's defence. (Sinequanon, you go pay me o! Advocacy dey cost!!)

In the OP he hardly said anything of his own opinion and what he did say of his own opinion was not part of the main thrust of the Argument. Rather, he, unfortunately, started by dissing some people albeit without mentioning names. Having not followed his posts much in the past I presume there is some baggage from before so those he was referring to already knew themselves.

Mostly he quoted other mathematicians on the subject.



In the video, which I've only watched halfway so far, they lay out Godel's Paradox at 7:50 of the video.

1) We 'Know' that First Order Mathematics is Consistent.

2)It can be proved that It is impossible to prove the consistency of First Order Mathematics.

Therefore: If it is impossible to prove it then what is the basis of our 'Knowing' Mathamatics is consistent. Where does the sense of conviction come from? Obviously not from any rigorous appraisal of Maths.

If now skip to 9:40 of the video he lays out the 3 possibilities for countering Godel's theorem.

A) If we Know First Order maths to be Consistent then there must be a way to Prove it. This is the path many have tried to take and all have failed.

B)Admit a possibility of 'transcendental', provably unprovable knowledge. In other words Claim Faith. Or Intuition.

C)Or finally, Admit that the sense of Conviction in Mathematics is an illusion and First Order Mathematics is in fact InConsistent.

I think this is the basis of why Sinequanon titles this thread Faith in Mathematics.
That's the irony of it,if it's impossible to prove the consistency of mathematical system,then how do we prove the consistency of the godels theorem since it is itself under mathematics.
Re: FAITH In Mathematics by PastorAIO: 8:59pm On Dec 07, 2014
Dapo777:
That's the irony of it,if it's impossible to prove the consistency of mathematical system,then how do we prove the consistency of the godels theorem since it is itself under mathematics.
Hence, that is why it is called a Paradox.
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