Re: Inconsistency of the usual axioms of set theory

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:29:17 EDT, amy666 <tommy1729@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jesse wrote :

David C. Ullrich <dullrich@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:


mathematicians have proven ZFC to be consistant
with ZFC.

is ZFC consistant ?

yes , we proved it consistant in ZFC.

You should _really_ learn not to talk about things
you
know nothing about! It is simply not true that
we've
proved ZFC inconsistent in ZFC.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think you mean "consistent".

no he didnt.

Erm, yes I did.

although he should have ...

What a strange thing to say. You agree I _should_ have
meant "consistent" - how can you possibly determine that
that's not what I actually _did_ mean?

You're wandering from your usual mathematical confusion
into telepathy here. Best leave that to lwalke...




--
Jesse F. Hughes

"Most of my research is irreducibly complex."
-- James S. Harris

David C. Ullrich

"Understanding Godel isn't about following his formal proof.
That would make a mockery of everything Godel was up to."
(John Jones, "My talk about Godel to the post-grads."
in sci.logic.)
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