What does Godël’s Incompleteness Theorem actually mean and imply? I just saw Ted-Ed’s video on this topic and didn’t fully understand what it means or what the implications of this are.

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What does Godël’s Incompleteness Theorem actually mean and imply? I just saw Ted-Ed’s video on this topic and didn’t fully understand what it means or what the implications of this are.

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Ravaturno’s corollary: You can choose to be consistent or complete but not both at the same time. Example: Science is consistent but will never know everything; religion is “complete” but full of contradictions.