[FOM] The Universe

Timothy Y. Chow tchow at math.princeton.edu
Wed Jul 8 12:15:54 EDT 2020


Joe Shipman wrote:

> What is an example of a statement which, if proved in ZFC, might 
> persuade some members of one camp that the other camp was correct?

The most precise statement of the multiverse view that I know is explained 
in this article:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1104.4450.pdf

They show that the multiverse axioms are consistent with ZFC.  I don't 
know if the negations of all these axioms have also been shown to be 
consistent with ZFC.  If not, perhaps such an axiom would be an answer to 
your question.

Tim



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