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Academic debate rages to this day as to whether a [[Dilbert definition]] qualifies as an unusually stable type of [[Biggs hoson]], or whether it simply has null semantic content. | Academic debate rages to this day as to whether a [[Dilbert definition]] qualifies as an unusually stable type of [[Biggs hoson]], or whether it simply has null semantic content. | ||
===The incompleteness [[paradox]]=== | ===The incompleteness [[paradox]]=== | ||
One gray September day in 1907 a postcard containing | One gray September day in 1907 a postcard apparently containing two new definitions dropped on the doormat of the little iron shed. Hilbert snatched it up. | ||
{{quote|“'''Inclusive definier'''” shall mean all definiers whose definand includes that definier. [[For the avoidance of doubt]], the inclusive definier itself shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an inclusive definier.}} | {{quote|“'''Inclusive definier'''” shall mean all definiers whose definand includes that definier. [[For the avoidance of doubt]], the inclusive definier itself shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an inclusive definier.}} | ||
Stroked his whiskers, the great German jurist and read on. | |||
{{quote|“'''Exclusive definier'''” shall mean all definiers whose definand does ''not'' includes that definier. [[For the avoidance of doubt]], the exclusive definier itself shall}} | {{quote|“'''Exclusive definier'''” shall mean all definiers whose definand does ''not'' includes that definier. [[For the avoidance of doubt]], the exclusive definier itself shall}} | ||
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Dilbert is said to have sat down, quietly, at the corner of his table in the Definorum and, for four or more hours, stared blankly into space. Then, abruptly, he got up and announced, “I am just going outside and may be some time”. He walked out | Dilbert is said to have sat down, quietly, at the corner of his table in the Definorum and, for four or more hours, stared blankly into space. | ||
Then, abruptly, he got up and announced, “I am just going outside and may be some time”. He walked out without closing the door, and was never seen again. | |||
{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||