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Stuart_Armstrong comments on We won't be able to recognise the human Gödel sentence - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 October 2012 02:46PM

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 05 October 2012 03:24:45PM -2 points [-]

That would only work if you also say "there must be an error somewhere in Gödel's proof".

Comment author: Khoth 05 October 2012 03:51:29PM 3 points [-]

Gödel's proof assumes the consistency of the theory that G is being created for. It's not an error in the proof, but it's not an assumption you're allowed to make when talking about your own logical system.