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1. I am a fan of Numberphile but their 1+2+3+ ... -1/12 video was nonsense

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 09:47 PM

Jan 2018

Mathologer just did a video on that one and showed why.

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Godel's Incompleteness Theorem - Numberphile [View all] Xipe Totec Jan 2018 OP

Yes, that's a good point Hokie Jan 2018 #11

Or not ..... Hokie Jan 2018 #13

Zing! Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #14

Why the world does not exist Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #15

When I took an Intro to Philosophy class as an undergraduate Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2018 #20

Richard Feynman - The Uncertainty Of Knowledge Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #21

I've never taken a course in pure philosophy Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #22

Do you remember what your instructor's argument was? Jim__ Jan 2018 #23

No, I don't remember Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2018 #24

Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem - Numberphile Make7 Jan 2018 #3

Where do I look for the proper encodings? Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #4

The other day I was listening to a few mathematicians asking... TreasonousBastard Jan 2018 #5

Topologically speaking, we're all penta-symmetric thoroids Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #10

Nah, that doesn't really work out muriel_volestrangler Jan 2018 #19

One of the most evocative portraits ever ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #7

One could also read "Godel, Escher, Bach" longship Jan 2018 #17

One did, in 1979 Xipe Totec Jan 2018 #18