From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/1101 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: F W Lawvere Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: incompleteness of ZF Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 17:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <199904031512.AA079642350@fb0448.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de> Reply-To: wlawvere@ACSU.Buffalo.EDU NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1241017568 29516 80.91.229.2 (29 Apr 2009 15:06:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:06:08 +0000 (UTC) To: CATEGORIES@mta.ca Original-X-From: cat-dist Wed Apr 7 21:04:31 1999 Original-Received: (from Majordom@localhost) by mailserv.mta.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA32348 for categories-list; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 19:53:28 -0300 (ADT) X-Authentication-Warning: mailserv.mta.ca: Majordom set sender to cat-dist@mta.ca using -f In-Reply-To: <199904031512.AA079642350@fb0448.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de> Original-Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk Original-Lines: 22 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:1101 Archived-At: Using an old logician's trick (see eg Feferman on paths thru O, or even Goedel's original papers) as an April Fool joke may be amusing to some within the closed gates of a British University, but is irresponsible on the world network. Think of the hundreds of lurkers (who hesitate to speak up so that misconceptions can be discussed and clarified openly, but) who are now furthering the rumor that mathematics has somehow been proved inconsistent.The waves of such disinformation can last for years or even decades. ******************************************************************************* F. William Lawvere Mathematics Dept. SUNY wlawvere@acsu.buffalo.edu 106 Diefendorf Hall 716-829-2144 ext. 117 Buffalo, N.Y. 14214, USA *******************************************************************************