Life, The Mind, and Everything
Gary R. Prok
arXiv (Cornell University) February 19, 2016 preprint DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1602.07646 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Argues that incompleteness theorems from Gödel, Turing, Chaitin, and algorithmic information theory imply limits on understanding all observable phenomena, on evolutionary processes finding optimal solutions, and on detecting machine consciousness. |
Abstract
Incompleteness theorems of Godel, Turing, Chaitin, and Algorithmic Information Theory have profound epistemological implications. Incompleteness limits our ability to ever understand every observable phenomenon in the universe. Incompleteness limits the ability of evolutionary processes from finding optimal solutions. Incompleteness limits the detectability of machine consciousness. This is an effort to convey these thoughts and results in a somewhat entertaining manner.