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   Tristan Wibberley to Jeff Barnett   
   Re: have we been misusing incompleteness   
   06 Jan 26 00:47:45   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.math   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 05/01/2026 06:53, Jeff Barnett wrote:   
   > On 1/4/2026 7:23 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
      
   >> Note, Proofs are written down and presented. This can only be done if   
   >> finite.   
   >   
   > Perhaps you can find a legitimate reference that says that. Forget high   
   > school geometry books, and USENET newsgroups. I don't think you can! I   
   > think you are making a lot of this up as you go along. Save that stuff   
   > for debates with Peter, a past master at that. Your statement just above   
   > is a proof description given to a high school class about how to get a   
   > good grade. If you think you are speaking in the world of research in   
   > logic(s), it's nonsense.   
      
   I don't think that's what /he/ thinks he's doing. I think he thinks he's   
   correcting us to the things he has been taught are so. But so much   
   education is fraud.   
      
      
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