# mind contradicts

**A consistent mechanism can make contradictory minds**

People contradict themselves all the time, which looks like a reason to say a mind is not a consistent rulebook. That objection is weaker than it sounds. A perfectly consistent program can print “yes” on one screen and “no” on another. Gödel applies to the rules underneath, not to what comes out.

Connects to:
- [Hofstadter](https://mapideas.org/i/c_hof)
- [checkable or not](https://mapideas.org/i/c_check)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/c_contra · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#c_contra