Generalized continuum hypothesis, the axiom of choice and axiomatic systems, general relativity, inconsistencies in the U.S. Constitution, applications of my incompleteness theorem, classical logic, intuitionistic logic, modal logic, the completeness of the first-order predicate calculus, ontological proofs, and making sure I'm not being poisoned while I eat.
Music
I approve of music. It doesn't break down under the scrutiny of logic.
Movies
A Beautiful Mind, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester, It Happens Every Spring, and Debbie Does De Broglie.
Television
Smothers Brothers, I Love Lucy, Nova, and The Simpsons.
Books
"Principia Mathematica" (despite the fallacies), "Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy" (I read this my first year as an undergrad at U of V), "Metaphysische Anfangsgrnde der Naturwissenschaft," "A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions," "Cosmological Phase Transitions and Radius Stabilization in Higher Dimensions" (even though I died before this was published), "Axiomatization of the Theory of Relativity," "Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics," "Critique of Pure Reason," and Euclid's "Elements" (I'm a sucker for the classics).
Heroes
Euclid, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henri Poincare, Archimedes, and Lenny Dykstra.
About me: I was born in Brno, in the former Austria-Hungarian Empire. In 1924 I enrolled at the University of Vienna. I became interested in logic and was influenced by Hans Hahn, who became my thesis advisor during my graduate studies. I completed my PhD in 1929 on the completeness of first-order logic. The next year I proved my incompleteness theorem and published it the following year in 1931. I moved to Princeton, New Jersey in 1939 to escape service in the German Army. I worked at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University where I became very good friends with Einstein. I died in 1978 at Princeton because I refused to eat anything except my wife's cooking even when she became comatose: so I died.
A COOL PHILOSOPHY QUESTION: are events in the future real? You might say "NO" because they have not happened yet--or, you might say "YES" (or "no") for whatever reason(s) you may come up with.
PRIZE!: There's no prize.
Who I'd like to meet: Gottfried Leibniz, Isaac Newton, Georg Cantor, Michael Faraday, Guiseppe Peano, Blaise Pascal, Arthur Cayley, Stephen Hawking, Amy Sedaris, and President Eisenhower.
Mind Space is where intellectuals can give a piece of their mind. Everyone can articulate cogently what they believe and why, using sound argumentation. All views will be debated from the theological, to the philosophical and scientific. GOD Bless!
I am currently taking some down-time on sabbatical for an indeterminate amount of time, and wanted to thank everyone for staying in touch and being cool. i know i have a lot of profile maintenance to do when i get home, and i certainly appreciate the notes, comments and what-not. i'll read them and answer back as soon as possible :)
Wow! Sorry about not contacting you in so long. Some friend, huh? Anyway it's been real busy at work, and school is working my last nerve. How have you been? I talked to Douglas Hoffstadter and he wants to nkow if you'd be up for a beer this weekend. Best, Mike
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