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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.


For clearity: A' = (A and P)


Ah, that makes a lot more sense now!




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