Pearls of Wikipedia

[addc182]

wikipedia and how stuff works is very addicting

yes wikipedia and how stuff works are very addictive

[dreamz Veteran]

What's your profession? A math professor?

Some I understood (like axiom of choice), other were chinese to me.

I have a mathematical background (majored in informatics), but I never noticed how hard it is to read maths in another language.

nope. i do economic modeling for a consulting company. i just really love philosophy, mathematics, physics, etc., so i read a lot about them.

here are some more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamathematics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_mathematics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%27s_paradox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_paradox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grelling%27s_paradox

my specialty in school was game theory, so i'm fascinated by this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge_%28logic%29

this isn't a wiki article, but it develops the common knowledge idea: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/common-knowledge/

i'll post some more later.