Speaking of Gödel, and judging from the self-referential nature of meta-ideation (ooh, I like that term), I'm pretty sure I'm going to need to grok him sooner or later. Recommended course of study from a mathematical perspective?
if you mean to grok the actual proof, it's a bit beyond your grasp for now, young grasshopper. focus elsewhere -- it's quite a long bit of very esoteric math.
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the goal is to unify; that's your third eye or dhyāna as Sri Krishna called it. The finest method I've found thus far is math + drugs.
esemplastic always
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if you want to understand the value of the proof, and much else besides, just read hofstadter's magnum opus. reading whitehead and russell's principia mathematica should be a milestone before the 1936 proof regarding it. the latter is, however, a nice addition to your "will one day read" pile in this $6.95 edition: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486669807/qid=1134511910/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-4989604-1061441?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
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