Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00120)

On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Tom Robertson wrote:
> 
> The laws of mathematics are eternal and changeless.  Like the laws of
> morality and physics, they can be discovered, but never invented.
> 
If you can demonstrate this with something other than just an assertion
of your belief, you will have refuted Godel's Theorem. While you may take
comfort in the belief that the laws of mathematics are "eternal and
changeless", no working mathematician has given serious credibility to
that idea in close to half a century ... its seen in the field as a
charming, if unsophisticated, superstition from the past. Myself, as
well as several friends, would be most interested to see a formal proof of
your statement ... as it would likely be worth a Nobel Prize.
								-JRC