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mstoehr
on Dec 22, 2008
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Does Gödel Matter?
Although it does lead to a mathematically uninteresting paradox: if you let A be the axioms of set theory and you add an axiom P which states that A proves x and not x, (i.e. set theory is inconsistent) then A' = A and P is still consistent.
d0mine
on Dec 22, 2008
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For clearity: A' = (A and P)
cchooper
on Dec 23, 2008
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Ah, that makes
a lot
more sense now!
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