“So in the end it wasn't Gödel, it wasn't Turing, and it wasn't my results that are making mathematics go into an experimental mathematics direction, in a quasi-empirical direction. The reason why mathematicians are changing their working habits is the computer. I think that this is an excellent joke!” ThinkingEndsReasonScienceResultsHabitComputerJokesMathematicsExcellentReason WhyMathematician Author:Gregory Chaitin
“A random sequence is one that cannot be algorithmically compressed : the shortest description of a random sequence is simply the sequence itself.” ComputerDescriptionSequence Author:Gregory Chaitin