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#488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins

Dec 31, 2025
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  • Joel David Hamkins explores infinity, mathematical paradoxes, and how they fundamentally broke and reshaped mathematics as a discipline
  • Discussion of Gödel's incompleteness theorems and their implications for the foundations of mathematics and what can be proven
  • Examination of set theory, the nature of infinity, and connections to cosmology and the multiverse concept

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