(declare hilyan-hope)
    (declare footnote-constraint)
    
    (let [t universal-timestamp]
         (said AndrewOMartin t
               (status hoping hilyan
                              (- t (minutes 37))
                              hilyan-hope))
               (said google (undefined-past)
                     (let [knol (gensym)]
                          (not (unit knol))))
               (let [knol (gensym)]
                    (single-atomic-fact knol)))
    
    (def hilyan-hope
         (let [next-wiki-generation (gensym)
               fact-unit (gensym)
               article (gensyn)]
                 (introduces next-wiki-generation fact-unit)
                 (underlies next-wiki-generation fact-unit)
                 (footnote-constraint fact-unit)
                 (underlies fact-unit article)
                 (cause fact-unit (separate verification-wars edit-wars))))
    
    (def footnote-constraint [fact-unit]
      (let [knol (gensym)]
           (!= knol fact-unit)))

Edit: So a couple of things about this exercise: yes, it took me more time (and space) than your phrase. On the other hand, I specified some extra information. Some ambiguities about your phrase needed to be explicit, so that's a win for a more formal language. Also, there's some more effort involved, so I could have the time to think more about what I say. It would be great to have an interactive tool to think and write in a more formal language, even if it is not meant to be compiled to assembler.

I have a side project that touches this tangentially (the code is made up, though!), but I can't find a lot of time for it :(

Does anybody know if something like this exist? Somethig like a wiki/REPL/mindmap sandbox for concepts.