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		curiousStarDust on Feb 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Machine learning leads mathematicians to unsolvabl... Not completely on the subject, but I had to read the first sentence 5 times, before I was able to understand its meaning. Then I realized it was too long, so modified it to following version. Is it better or worse? "A team of researchers has stumbled on a question that is mathematically unanswerable. It is linked to logical paradoxes, that were discovered by Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel in the 1930s and it can’t be solved using standard mathematics."

mikro2nd on Feb 3, 2019 | [–]

To further improve your last sentence, drop the comma after "paradoxes" and add one after "1930s".

elliotec on Feb 3, 2019 | [–]

Yeah, it’s a bit better. Not sure how much, maybe more for non native speakers?

curiousStarDust on Feb 3, 2019 | [–]

Thanks! English is my 3rd language, so I do struggle with reading sometimes.

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