cousin_it comments on No one knows what Peano arithmetic doesn't know - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 16 December 2011 10:57:49PM *  0 points [-]

The reason your argument works for ZFC is because it interprets PA by proving its axioms as applied to particular sets in ZFC.

Nice! I didn't realize that. I guess the easiest way is to ask for the same guarantees that Gödel's theorems use, do you agree? For now, changed the post accordingly :-)