cousin_it comments on What independence between ZFC and P vs NP would imply - Less Wrong Discussion
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See paulfchristiano's comments. The mistake in DanielLC's comment is that, even though any polynomial algorithm can be "stated in ZFC", the proof that it runs in polynomial time doesn't necessarily lie within ZFC, or ZFC+Con(ZFC), or any other system you can name in advance.
Ah, thanks.