Gödel’s theorems don't apply to inconsistent machines
Gödel's theorems is only apply to a machine if the machine is consistent. But we can never know for sure whether a machine is consistent or not. So, we never really know whether Gödel’s theorem flies to a given machine.
Argument anticipated by John Lucas (1961).
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