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> If it is known that A is provably true then one can study the consequences of A being true

But one can already study the consequences of P=NP right now. You don't need to know that it's provably true in order to do that.

Knowing an actual proof would be useful, but an oracle revealing merely that it's true (or even provable) without telling you the proof does not let you do anything you couldn't do before.

parent saithound 2 months ago

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