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Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO

From dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math, comp.ai.philosophy
Subject Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO
Date 2026-01-25 13:07 -0800
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On 1/25/26 10:20 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 1/24/26 10:03 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> On 1/24/26 4:52 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 1/24/26 5:28 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> On 1/24/26 9:24 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>> On 1/24/26 11:49 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>> On 1/24/26 4:24 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>> On 1/24/26 4:21 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 1/24/26 12:42 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 23/01/2026 07:21, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 1/22/26 3:58 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> It is self-evident that a subset of Turing machines
>>>>>>>>>>> can be Turing complete entirely on the basis of the
>>>>>>>>>>> meaning of the words.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Every machine that performs the same set of
>>>>>>>>>>> finite string transformations on the same inputs
>>>>>>>>>>> and produces the same finite string outputs from
>>>>>>>>>>> these inputs is equivalent by definition and thus
>>>>>>>>>>> redundant in the set of Turing complete computations.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Can we change the subject now?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> no because perhaps isolating out non-paradoxical machine may 
>>>>>>>>>> prove a turing-complete subset of machines with no decision 
>>>>>>>>>> paradoxes, removing a core pillar in the undecidability 
>>>>>>>>>> arguments.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The set of non-paradoxical Turing machines is indeed Truing 
>>>>>>>>> complete
>>>>>>>>> because there are no paradoxical Turing machines. Of course any 
>>>>>>>>> Turing
>>>>>>>>> machine can be mentioned in a paradox.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i don't see how the lack of paradoxes ensures all possible 
>>>>>>>> computations are represented (therefore being turing complete).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In other words, you disagree with you own claim.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> may argument is that paradoxes are redundant, mikko did not add 
>>>>>> such a claim. so ur suggesting he was agreeing with my rational 
>>>>>> that they are redundant?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Redundent" isn't really defined in Computation Theory.
>>>>
>>>> that's because i'm exploring it in ways that previous have gone 
>>>> unexplored
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ALL machines that compute the same answers are considered to be 
>>>>> semantically equivalent.
>>>>
>>>> and anything more than the first one which produces a particular 
>>>> result is redundant in terms of a minimal turing complete subset of 
>>>> machines.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Part of your problem is you don't understand that trying to base 
>>>>> you idea on an uncomputable filter won't help you.
>>>>
>>>> from the reference point of a partial recognizer for functional 
>>>> equivalence, two machines can be one of three semantic classifications:
>>>>
>>>> - decidable non-equivalent
>>>> - decidable equivalent
>>>> - undecidable
>>>>
>>>> since a partial recognizer only has two output: true/false, we merge 
>>>> one of the decidable results with undecidable for the false output, 
>>>> and we are left with a partial recognizer for the other decidable 
>>>> result
>>>>
>>>
>>> And "Partial Recognizers" are well known and nothing new,
>>
>> i suppose it's progress that we've gone from u repeatedly calling them 
>> "liars" because they merge results, to "well known and nothing new"... 
>> 🫩🫩🫩
> 
> Well, people calling the "Deciders" and ignoring the partial are liars.
> 
> 
>>
>>>
>>>> there's no way to produce a contradiction with such a machine. from 
>>>> the reference of any given classifier an input can either be 
>>>> decidedly decidable or not decidable. if it's decidedly decidable 
>>>> the we can output the classification, if it's not decidable then we 
>>>> cannot. there's no middle ground here to exploit for a contradiction
>>>
>>> And the "contradiction" input just makes sure that its recognizer 
>>> can't decide on it, making sure it is just a partial recognizer.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> as we iterate down the full enumeration of machines to build a 
>>>> minimal turing complete subset, we can test each one for functional 
>>>> non- equivalence against all previous found to be in that subset, 
>>>> with a non- equivalence partial recognizer that outputs true iff 
>>>> decidedly non- equivalent, or false iff decidedly equivalent OR not 
>>>> decidable. only if a machine returns true when tested against all 
>>>> previous machines in the subset is it then added to the minimal 
>>>> turing complete subset. both machines with any decidable equivalence 
>>>> or undecidability with respect to machines already in the subset are 
>>>> therefore not put in the subset
>>>
>>> And what good is this set. You don't know if it is even Turing 
>>> Complete Set (which it likely isn't).
>>
>> if it can be proven that no paradoxical machine is the simplest of all 
>> machines functionally equivalent to that paradoxical machine ...
>>
>> then just excluding paradoxical machines does not reduce the 
>> completeness of the minimal turing complete subset.
>>
>> yes i get that i haven't proven that to u 🙄🙄🙄
> 
> The problem is the results of the "paradoxical" machine was never the 
> problem, it was that the decider gave the wrong answer to it.
> 
> You seem to think there is something problematical about these 
> "paradoxical" machines in general.

philosophical errors are inherently limiting in ways we can't even truly 
imagine, so why bother trying to explain fully?

> 
> It is just that it make one particular machine wrong, and that one 
> exists for every decider.

if my thesis is correct: a minimal turing complete subset of turing 
machines cannot be shown to have a halting problem, removing a core 
pillar of undecidability proofs.

i get that u have basically no creativity or wonder left in ur soul, but 
that potential excites me with the theoretical progress it might induce.

> 
> 
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> paradoxical machines are still produce computations ... just not 
>>>>>>>> computations that are unique in their functional result compared 
>>>>>>>> to non- paradoxical ones.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The problem is no machine is generically a "paradox". In the 
>>>>>>> proof, it is only a paradox to a particular machine that it refutes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The construction template (which isn't a machine, but a formula 
>>>>>>> to build a machine) is paradoxical to the Halt Decider API (which 
>>>>>>> again isn't a machine but a definition of the mapping for a 
>>>>>>> machine to generate).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You (like Peter) just confuse classes of machines with machines 
>>>>>>> themselves, which is just an error.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> any machine in that class is a paradox
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Then you consider truth to be a paradox, and paradox to be an 
>>>>> uncomputeable property.
>>>>
>>>> no idea why u said that
>>>>
>>>
>>> Because the machine you just tried to classify, are really no 
>>> different if form than others you don't do so. Your criteria is based 
>>> on uncomputable values.
>>
>> i apologize, that did not clarify anything to me
>>
> 
> You are trying to make a class of machines that can't actually be 
> computationally determined.
> 
> Looking at just the machine, there is nothing in it that says "I am a 
> paradoxical machine", you first need to determine that it is using a 
> sub-machine in a contrary manner, which means you need to be able to 
> recognize that a machine is an attempt to be a halt decider.

if my thesis is correct: that paradoxical machines *never* form the 
simplest machine of their class of functionally equivalent machines,

then any machine that involves a paradox will be necessarily excluded 
from a minimal turing complete subset simply due to the natural increase 
in complexity it takes to describe the semantic structures of a paradox 
over non-paradoxical functionally-equivalent machiens ...

the only paradox we need to consider handling is that in-regards to the 
functional-equivalence partial-recognizor we're dealing, but i've 
already explained how it's handled: any machine that does not test as 
true (decidable non-equivalent) for /all/ machines previously found in 
the subset is excluded (which will also exclude possible paradoxes that 
can fail the equivalence test for not being decidable)

-- 
arising us out of the computing dark ages,
please excuse my pseudo-pyscript,
~ nick

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a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-20 19:06 -0800
  Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-20 22:43 -0500
    Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-21 08:38 -0800
      Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-22 01:05 +0000
        Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-22 15:21 -0800
          Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-22 23:56 +0000
            Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-22 21:51 -0800
              Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-23 11:53 -0500
                Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-23 10:30 -0800
                Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-23 17:59 -0500
              Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-28 23:22 +0000
                Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-29 21:18 -0800
          Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-22 17:58 -0600
            Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-22 21:21 -0800
              Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 04:19 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-23 08:29 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 11:14 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 11:24 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-23 18:01 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 17:50 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-23 20:30 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 19:51 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-23 20:56 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-23 21:05 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-24 07:16 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-24 08:21 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-24 09:39 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-01-24 09:48 -0600
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-24 12:19 -0500
              Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-01-24 10:42 +0200
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-24 01:21 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-24 07:24 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-24 08:49 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-24 12:24 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-24 14:28 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-24 19:52 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-24 19:03 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-25 13:20 -0500
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-25 13:07 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-01-29 00:15 +0000
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-29 00:28 -0800
                Re: a subset of Turing machines can still be Turing complete PLO Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-01-25 13:12 +0200
      Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-21 22:41 -0500
        Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-22 21:44 -0800
          Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2026-01-23 11:59 -0500
            Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-01-23 10:42 -0800
              Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2026-01-23 17:45 -0500
  Re: a subset of turing machines can still be turing complete Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-01-21 10:45 +0200

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