Benja comments on How to cheat Löb's Theorem: my second try - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Benja 22 August 2012 06:21PM

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Comment author: Benja 23 August 2012 08:11:38PM 1 point [-]

Huh?

The closest axiom PPT.2 has to the one you're claiming is "If K>0, and PPT.2 proves that 'if K>0 and 1+2=8', then (if K-1>0, then 1+2=8)." If you substitute 42 for K -- which does NOT give you another axiom or AFAICT theorem of PPT.2, but if you do it anyway -- then you get the formula, "If 42>0, and PPT.2 proves that 'if K>0 and 1+2=8', then (if 42-1>0, then 1+2=8)." I'm not sure how you came up with the statement you claim to be an axiom of PPT.2, and I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

Comment author: Decius 23 August 2012 11:49:11PM 0 points [-]

No, it doesn't give you an axiom or theorem, it gives you a statement. In particular, it gives you a statement which does not prove itself through Lobs theorem.