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The super-mechanist

Even if Lucas in Gödelize any machine that a mechanist can develop, that ability doesn't entail that he can Gödelize any machine whatsoever. A superhuman mechanist might be able to design a machine that exceeds Lucas's Gödelizing ability.

Paul Bernacerraf (1967).
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