Benja comments on An angle of attack on Open Problem #1 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Benja 19 August 2012 08:43:34PM *  0 points [-]

Only if we redefine PA(n) so that e.g. PA(3) is defined in terms of a PA(.) schema and contains an axiom schema stating provable(PA(3), 'x')->x; and then redefine PAK accordingly.

But that's not a redefinition -- that was the definition! [ETA: except you need PA(2) instead of PA(3) in the provable(_,_) predicate, of course.]