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by GalacticDomin8r
4759 days ago
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> Deductive logical systems cannot reliably find truth. Don't you mean inductive. > That is the lesson of the scientific revolution and the revolution in mathematics that is most closely associated with Godel. A lesson which hasn't permeated the "scientific revolution" perhaps with good reason. |
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The revolution of science was to say we don't need Truth, we just need to look systematically at real facts, and come up with provisional theories that provide testable predictions about them. It has pulled humanity's collective head out of the clouds and created useful, practical, actionable knowledge.