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Humans can make discoveries of the kind under discussion, as demonstrated by examples, but they are not logically omniscient because the possibilities create a combinatorial explosion.
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“We know that humans can do it. We have examples of humans doing that. I agree that we don't have logical omniscience because there is a combinatorial explosion.”Play from 16:14Report a misattribution
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