I would like to return to that Chaitin lesson: it seems that a full and correct definition of mathematics is *impossible*... like a full axiomatization of arithmetic. Mathematics is so complex that an accurate definition of it is equal to doing math (no compression in Chaitin's terminology). It means that all our descriptions are just *references* to discussed subjects. --Mikhail
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