In any consistent formal system within which a certain amount of arithmetic can be carried out, there are statements which can neither be proved nor disproved.

Evidence

Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Life is full of unfathomable mysteries that elude understanding. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 374; There will always be true mathematical statements that cannot be proved from any finite set of axioms. — What Do Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean?; Any sufficiently powerful mathematical system must contain true statements that cannot be proven within that system. — Gödel’s incompleteness theorems (+4 more)

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