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Full Idea
The resources of the human intellect have not been, and cannot be, fully formalized.
Gist of Idea
The human intellect has not been, and cannot be, fully formalized
Source
E Nagel / JR Newman (Gödel's Proof [1958], VIII)
Book Ref
Nagel,E/Newman,J.R.: 'Gödel's Proof' [NYU 2001], p.112
A Reaction
This conclusion derives from Gödel's Theorem. Some people (e.g. Penrose) get over-excited by this discovery, and conclude that the human mind is supernatural. Imagination is the key - it is a feature of rationality that escapes mechanization.
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