• SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Yeah people used to think this way. But the Halting Problem proved that not everything in mathematics is solvable. If we can’t solve every mathematical problem, there’s gonna be things in science that aren’t solvable either.

    Sorry for upsetting your belief system, but it’s simply not possible for us to know everything. Just one of those quirks of life, it’s been mathematically proven that not everything can be proven.

      • Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Why? The answer is known. You can easily proof it by contradiction. Therefore the halting problem is unsolvable.

        This solution actually provides some good insight into other problems and wether or not they are solvable. It is useful, even though the negative result might seem disappointing.