[psychohistory] What can a Society Do?

[Jim Choate]

Actually it isn't Godel's (which just says some statements can't be found
definitively true or false - it is undecidable). However, Arrow's
Impossibility Theorem does(!) do exactly what you want.

On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Chen Yixiong, Eric wrote:

> Notes: Godel's Incompleteness Theorem forbids any system that claims to 
> cater for all people in all situations. Surely, the claims by
> capitalist-anarchists do not work because of such. While the Theory of
> Evolution may *appear* to apply to human society, it fails (as the
> Theorm predicts) to apply to human societies because humans can and will
> think out of the system. Placed in simple terms, humans can and do
> exploit the social systems they encounter. This ability confers the
> ability to lie, to see through paradoxes and to "make-believe", and
> confers the greatest difference between a human and a Turing machine.
> Evolution Theory applies well only to beings simple enough to remain
> within the system rules.


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