We don't know whether every sufficiently complex logical system must eventually produce a statement that cannot be proven true or false within it.

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Gödel's incompleteness theorem confirms this for many systems, but fully mapping which systems are exempt, if any, from this limitation remains an open and active question. This continues to shape foundational debates in mathematical logic.

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