
Will an inconsistency in ZFC be found before 2050?
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According to Wikipedia, "it is deemed unlikely that ZFC harbors an unsuspected contradiction; it is widely believed that if ZFC were inconsistent, that fact would have been uncovered by now". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermelo%E2%80%93Fraenkel_set_theory#Consistency).
This will resolve to YES if a proof of a contradiction is published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal on mathematical logic or a similar area, such as the Journal of Mathematical Logic, or if a majority vote of at least 5 researchers in mathematical logic agree that such a result published elsewhere is correct, before the start of 2050. Otherwise, this will resolve to NO at the start of 2050.
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