Scott Aaronson | How Much Math Is Knowable?
What it is
Scott Aaronson's Harvard CMSA talk traces what mathematical truths are knowable, from Godel and Turing to the Busy Beaver function. He covers recent work on Busy Beaver values.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Pointed to in Busy Beaver threads as an accessible expert talk on the topic.
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What HN commenters said
“I learned about it in this Scott Aaronson talk,”
Explains the Busy Beaver program's Collatz-like behavior around 31:40.
ks2048, 2025-09 · Recommendation · in “Determination of the fifth Busy Beaver value”
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Topics: busy beaver, scott aaronson, incompleteness, uncomputability, theoretical computer science
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