Essay talk:Gödel's incompleteness theorem simply explained
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Hi, I'm trying to grasp this and I have a question: What would the command NP NP do?
- It's nested. So "(I cannot print (I cannot print (statement)))". It's a double negative like "I ain't seen nuthin'". postate 10:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- So, if we imagine a truth table of sorts. The left is the command, the right is what "statement" must be for it to work.
- (Statement) -> statement=true
- (I cannot print (statement)) -> statement=false
- (I cannot print (I cannot print (statement))) -> statement=true
- The liar paradox is probably something worth going over, too. narchist 10:51, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
- So, if we imagine a truth table of sorts. The left is the command, the right is what "statement" must be for it to work.
Thank you for your reply. So, following the examples given in the essay, it works like this:
(At 12:00 noon) Me: NP NP it is daytime. Printer: NP NP it is daytime.
Now my question is if "NP NP" is like "NDP NDP" and G = " 'I can never say G' is true" and also serves as an example for the point of the essay.