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To: cloudmountain

Which is why Goedel and Einstein were close chums. They went on walks talking about this kind of stuff as casually as you and I might talk football.


28 posted on 10/25/2013 12:05:12 PM PDT by RobbyS (quotes)
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To: RobbyS
From the wiki article on Gödel:

On December 5, 1947, Einstein and Morgenstern accompanied Gödel to his U.S. citizenship exam, where they acted as witnesses. Gödel had confided in them that he had discovered an inconsistency in the U.S. Constitution, one that would allow the U.S. to become a dictatorship. Einstein and Morgenstern were concerned that their friend's unpredictable behavior might jeopardize his chances. Fortunately, the judge turned out to be Phillip Forman. Forman knew Einstein and had administered the oath at Einstein's own citizenship hearing. Everything went smoothly until Forman happened to ask Gödel if he thought a dictatorship like the Nazi regime could happen in the U.S. Gödel then started to explain his discovery to Forman. Forman understood what was going on, cut Gödel off, and moved the hearing on to other questions and a routine conclusion.

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29 posted on 10/25/2013 12:23:40 PM PDT by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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