# gluing obstruction

**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](https://mapideas.org/i/c_test)
- [gluing for self?](https://mapideas.org/i/c_q3)
- [what true means](https://mapideas.org/i/tr_true)

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

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