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A better example is the well-ordering of the reals. From wikipedia:

From the [axioms of math] one can show that there is a well-order of the reals; it is also possible to show that [those axioms] alone are not sufficient to prove the existence of a definable (by a formula) well-order of the reals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-order

So you can prove that set of real numbers can be well-ordered, but you can also prove that an order cannot be defined.

Kind of how God exists, but cannot be perceived or comprehended ;)

(or maybe not)




Absolutely nothing like the proposition that god exists, and I wag my finger at you for associating the concrete facts of mathematics with superstitious claims backed up by hearsay.


This is not reddit.




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