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by scapp 1358 days ago
> the unnameable reals, which are almost every real

Is there a definition you have in mind for "unnameable"? If you mean definable [0][1], then this is independent of ZFC.

The "standard" argument for this is flawed, and indeed there are models where every real is definable. [2]

[0] "x is definable if there exists a first order formula with one free variable P such that x is the unique real number with P(x) true" [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definable_real_number#Definabi... [2] https://mathoverflow.net/questions/44102/is-the-analysis-as-...

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Maybe the GP is referring to something like Chapter 5 of Chaitin's Meta Math!.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0404335.pdf