idea

Gluing obstructions

Local pieces that each make sense but cannot be stitched into one global picture. It is a cousin of Gödel’s flavor (local provability against global truth), and unlike loose talk of an “inverted Gödel” it can be made precise. It is a promising place to look for results that connect self-reference and physics or mind.

Connects to

• a test for claims
• gluing for self?
• what true means

Sources

1. Cubitt, T. S., Perez-Garcia, D., Wolf, M. M. (2015). Undecidability of the spectral gap. Nature 528, 207–211.