What are the most mindblowing things in mathematics?
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    Godel's incompleteness theorem is actually even more subtle and mind-blowing than how you describe it. It states that in any mathematical system, there are truths in that system that cannot be proven using just the mathematical rules of that system. It requires adding additional rules to that system to prove those truths. And when you do that, there are new things that are true that cannot be proven using the expanded rules of that mathematical system.

    "It's true, we just can't prove it'.

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  • Privacy Concerns from Misspelling an Email Address?
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    I've got a slightly different tale regarding privacy & emails misspellings. I have an email account that is first.last@domain.com and while my name isn't particularly common there are at least 7-8 different people across the world with my name who have on more than one occasion had emails sent to me by mistake (by the namesakes as well as by others). I've never used what was sent to me maliciously, but I have on occasion tried to track down my namesakes to let them know of the error. I've been successful a couple of times, and know a few things that might be a little sensitive. I've managed to find the 'correct' email addresses of a couple of my namesakes & will forward things on when I'm certain who it's supposed to go to. My email address has been the recovery email for power bills, employers, dating sites, and a few other sites. Now imagine what could happen if I weren't the stand-up citizen that I am.

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    In a web browser, undetermined is selected. I can see all of my comments, but not my posts. If I go to a comment that was on my post, I can get to the post from there.

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  • If I go into my profile and click the posts button, none of my posts show up regardless of how I sort. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

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    Have you been gaining followers on Reddit too?
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    They're all bots. Look at the names. They likely all follow the same weird pattern of nonsensical words.

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  • Reddit CEO: We're Sticking With API Changes, Despite Subreddits Going Dark
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    Yeah, I'll keep my account but my eyeballs aren't going to be there nearly as often. Just like I still check Fark out once in a while but don't stick around long.

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  • So you think you want a cockatoo? Think again. This is was clean with fresh wood yesterday.

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