JoshuaZ comments on Edward Nelson claims proof of inconsistency in Peano Arithmetic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 28 September 2011 01:42:21PM *  1 point [-]

Any finite calculation of superexponentiation will be valid. But as I understand it you can't in general in Nelson's formulation prove that superexponentation is well-defined in general.