Houshalter comments on Logical Pinpointing - Less Wrong
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For any number n, n-n=0.
If you have a separate chain that isn't connected to zero, then this isn't true.
However this statement is pretty simple and can be expressed in first order logic. I have no idea why EY believes that it requires second order logic to eliminate the possibility of other chains that aren't derived from zero.