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You trusted the page that proved a limit - would you stop eating?
A celebrated logician in a Princeton hospital refuses food - would you stop eating when your mind turns against you?
You trusted the page that proved a limit - would you stop eating?
In this episode, we follow the life and mind of Kurt Gödel from childhood to his work in Vienna and Princeton, tracing how his habit of trusting gaps in explanations led him toward a refusal to eat. The episode asks whether absolute logical certainty can become a force that unravels a life.
Person: Kurt Friedrich Gödel
Date: January 14, 1978
Location: Princeton
Event: Gödel’s refusal to eat leading to…
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