I like this explanation, but how would you apply that logic to
If (god does exist)
Return true
Else
Return False If (god does exist)
Return true
Else
Return False computability is about whether a computer program exists to map inputs to outputs in a specified way; it says nothing about how hard it might be to choose or find or write that program. Writing the program could even require settling God’s existence, for all the definition of computability cares.
I guess in this case God's existence needs to be a compile time constant.I saw it elsewhere in the comments but I think computability as defined in Computer Science and used by the author is more strict a definition than you or I are/were thinking, and that is really the main point of the article. People confuse computability with "can it be computed". Missing values (such as knowledge of God's existence or null values) mean you can not computer something but that is a different thing.
if (God does exist)
return isComputable(() => true)
else
return isComputable(() => false)
(where `() => true` / `() => false` are functions, returning true / false)You do know that the code above will always return "true", without having to know whether god exists.