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ms of Logic Based on Ordinals.” Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 2, no. 1 (1939): 161-228. Wiles, Andrew. “Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat’s Last Theorem.” Annals of Mathematics-Second Series 141, no. 3 (1995): 443-552. Chapter 12 Burgin, Mark. Super-Recursive Algorithms. Springer, 200

analysis 84 eyes 108 color perception 110 fovea centralis 112 resolution of 112 F Facebook 71, 271 face-to-face interaction 83 false paradox 155 Fermat’s Last Theorem xi, 225, 241, 242, 251, 253, 254, 259, 261, 275, 278, 351, 368 Fermat's puzzle 225 Fermilab 293 Feynman, Richard 58, 70, 157, 239,

30, 49, 295-312, 297 art and 304 being appreciated 142 computer and 132, 257, 309 convergent thinking 300 design tradeoff 311 divergent thinking 298 Eureka moment 302 incubation 301 innovator’s dilemma 306 intimation 301 John Cleese on 303 knowledge and 141 mathematical creativity 309 mechanical steps 14

Center 5 equivalence 200 Ericsson, Anders 37 Ernd 169 Escher, MC 346 and Penrose Steps 51 Essential Complexity 231 Euclid’s proof 156 Euler 157, 202 Eureka moment 302 Everett, Hugh 328 experiments 1 exponent 241 expression analysis 84 eyes 108 color perception 110 fovea centralis 112 resolution of 112 F

sense of free will and creativity is an illusion. In Dennett’s worldview, Andrew Wiles is a special purpose machine that was always destined to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem. I believe this model is flawed. It is my aim in this book to show you why. Indeed I am going to go further and argue all human creati

s. Some things are simply not computable. Computers can do many useful things, but they cannot discover new mathematical theorems, such as a proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. In 1996, Andrew Wiles succeeded in finding a solution to this problem. This presents a paradox, solved only if we conclude Andrew Wil

5691 2 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? sure you will. This is intimation. Finally, some inspiration or insight will pop into your head — this is the Eureka moment. Now you have a solution but intuitive thinking is far from infallible. You will need to check the solution and may find your answer wrong the

could be used as an oracle, capable of answering almost any question imaginable. I could, for example, write a program that says: for every index in Fermat’s puzzle try every number and halt if you find a solution greater than 2. Now if I run my halt program on this program and it states ‘will crash; I w

ery number and halt if you find a solution greater than 2. Now if I run my halt program on this program and it states ‘will crash; I will have solved Fermat’s Last Theorem! Do you see why? If we give ‘Halt’ an input: a program we are interested in, along with some data, it will tell us if the program fin

e problem, my brain continued to work on it. I was not conscious of this, I was only aware that failing to solve the problem annoyed me. I then had a Eureka moment. Although I couldn't prove a piece of music was non-computational, I could make one! - a piece that could not have been created using computat

e in a Universe where information comes into existence through the creative endeavors of human beings. When Andrew Wiles discovered his solution to Fermat’s Last Theorem, he did something a computer cannot do and demonstrated non-computational thought. But there is an alternative explanation put forward

I think it’s an important step. Shortly HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015991 302 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? = 3 —————————_ Eureka after this you get that Eureka moment - illumination or insight where the creative idea bursts forth into your conscious awareness. The idea must finally be verified. Many of our i

dern versions of his theory, but I think it’s an important step. Shortly HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015991 302 Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? = 3 —————————_ Eureka after this you get that Eureka moment - illumination or insight where the creative idea bursts forth into your conscious awareness. The idea must fi