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It seems like the validity of what you're saying is intertwined with the axiom itself. You're going from a comment about the domain (the domain includes indescribable elements) to a comment about specific arguments (arguments may be indescribable).

Ultimately, you're saying that if we have an indescribable x, then x+1 is conditionally describable (to abuse terminology). But I think that just sidesteps the question. Even then, if we're taking a computability lens, then indescribable(x) implies indescribable(x+1), which would seem to imply that applying your function to indescribable x's is a moot point.

The fact that your function is finitely describable even though we can't describe each of its applications is admittedly a mindfuck.



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