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Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D

From olcott <polcott2@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, comp.ai.philosophy
Subject Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D
Date 2023-06-23 19:03 -0500
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On 6/23/2023 6:42 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 6/23/23 7:08 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 6/23/2023 5:48 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 6/23/23 5:41 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 6/23/2023 4:26 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>> On 6/23/23 5:05 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 6/23/2023 3:46 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>> On 6/23/23 11:39 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/23/2023 7:11 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/23/23 1:06 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 6/22/2023 11:32 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/22/23 11:16 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/22/2023 9:25 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 6/22/23 9:27 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When the halting problem is construed as requiring a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correct yes/no
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> answer to a contradictory question it cannot be solved. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Any input D
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> defined to do the opposite of whatever Boolean value that its
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> termination analyzer H returns is a contradictory input 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> relative to H.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, you agree with the Halting Theorem that says that a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> correct Halting Decider can't be made?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then way are you trying to refute it?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I just refuted it. From the frame-of-reference of H input D 
>>>>>>>>>>>> that does
>>>>>>>>>>>> the opposite of whatever Boolean value that H returns the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> question:
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Does D halt on its input" is a contradictory question.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No, you confirmed it and refuted a Strawman.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You just said that you can not create an H that gives the 
>>>>>>>>>>> correct answer, which is EXACTLY what the theorem says, that 
>>>>>>>>>>> you can not make a decider that answers the exact question: 
>>>>>>>>>>> "Does the machine represented by the input halt".
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That is not the whole question. Ignoring the context really 
>>>>>>>>>> does not
>>>>>>>>>> make this context go away.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No, that IS the whole question. Please show a relaible 
>>>>>>>>> reference that makes the question anything like what you are 
>>>>>>>>> saying it is.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *The halting problem proof counter-example cases*
>>>>>>>> There are a set of finite string pairs: {TMD1, TMD2} such that TMD1
>>>>>>>> is a decider and TMD2 is its input. TMD2 does the opposite of 
>>>>>>>> whatever
>>>>>>>> Boolean value that TMD1 returns.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For the set of {TMD1 TMD2} finite string pairs both true and false
>>>>>>>> return values are the wrong answer for their corresponding input 
>>>>>>>> TMD2
>>>>>>>> because TMD2 does the opposite of whatever Boolean value that TMD1
>>>>>>>> returns.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The question is, and only is:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In computability theory, the halting problem is the problem of 
>>>>>>>>> determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer 
>>>>>>>>> program and an input, whether the program will finish running, 
>>>>>>>>> or continue to run forever.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Turing Machines don't HAVE "Context", they have an input, and 
>>>>>>>>> give a specific output for every specific input.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You don't seem to understand this, and are incorrectly assuming 
>>>>>>>>> things that are not true, because you have made yourself 
>>>>>>>>> IGNORANT of the actual subjust.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The whole question is what Boolean value can H return that 
>>>>>>>>>> corresponds
>>>>>>>>>> to the behavior of D(D) when D does the opposite of whatever 
>>>>>>>>>> value that
>>>>>>>>>> H returns?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nope, you are changing the problem, thus you seem to beleive 
>>>>>>>>> the Strawman is a valid logic form, which makes your logic 
>>>>>>>>> system UNSOUND.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> You can either fail to comprehend this or pretend to fail to
>>>>>>>>>>>> comprehend this yet the actual facts remain unchanged.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> No, you don't seem to understand what you are saying.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You yourself just said "It can not be solved".
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When a question is construed as contradictory it cannot have a 
>>>>>>>>>> correct
>>>>>>>>>> answer only because the question itself contradictory, thus 
>>>>>>>>>> incorrect.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But only your altered question is contradictory, the original 
>>>>>>>>> question has a definite answer for all inputs.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *The halting problem proof counter-example cases*
>>>>>>>> For the set of {TMD1 TMD2} finite string pairs both true and false
>>>>>>>> return values are the wrong answer for their corresponding input 
>>>>>>>> TMD2
>>>>>>>> because TMD2 does the opposite of whatever Boolean value that TMD1
>>>>>>>> returns.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You just don't understand what is being talked about and are 
>>>>>>>>> replacing computations with some imaginary concept that just 
>>>>>>>>> doesn't exist.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The fact that you think you can change the question and come 
>>>>>>>>>>> up with a solution for that OTHER question (which isn't the 
>>>>>>>>>>> actual Halting Problem that you refer to), doesn't mean you 
>>>>>>>>>>> have refuted that you can't correctly answer the question you 
>>>>>>>>>>> agreed can't be correctly answered.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When the halting problem question is understood to be 
>>>>>>>>>> incorrect then it places no limit on computation and an 
>>>>>>>>>> equivalent question is required.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Nope, the problem is the problem. If you think there is 
>>>>>>>>> something wrong with the question, then you can try to argue 
>>>>>>>>> why that question is wrong, but you don't get to change it. You 
>>>>>>>>> can try to create an ALTERNATE field with a different question, 
>>>>>>>>> but that doesn't say anything about the behavior of the original.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *The halting problem proof counter-example cases*
>>>>>>>> For the set of {TMD1 TMD2} finite string pairs both true and false
>>>>>>>> return values are the wrong answer for their corresponding input 
>>>>>>>> TMD2
>>>>>>>> because TMD2 does the opposite of whatever Boolean value that TMD1
>>>>>>>> returns.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Turing Machines are NOT "Finite Strings".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> They can be represented by finite strings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And, all you are saying is that UTM TMD1 TMD2 TMD2, which should 
>>>>>>> predict the behavior of UTM TMD2 TMD2 if TMD1 was correct, 
>>>>>>> doesn't do that, thus 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am saying that the question:
>>>>>> "Does input D halt on input D" posed to H
>>>>>> is exactly isomorphic to the question:
>>>>>> "Will Jack's answer to this question be no?" posed to Jack.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can say it, but its a lie.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neither H nor Jack can answer their questions only because
>>>>>> from their frame-of-reference their questions are contradictory.
>>>>>
>>>>> But the difference is that when we ask Jack, the answer hasn't been 
>>>>> determined until he actually gives an answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> When we ask H, the answer was determined the moment H was coded.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is not true. We know in advance that both of Jack's possible
>>>> answers are the wrong answer and we know in advance that both return
>>>> values from H will not correspond to the behavior of the directly
>>>> executed D(D).
>>>
>>> Note, you are changing the Halting question. It is NOT "What can H 
>>> return to be correct", as What H returns is FIXED by your definition 
>>> of H.
>>>
>>
>> I am showing that the original halting question is contradictory for the
>> set halting problem proof instances: {TM1, TMD2} where TMD2 does the
>> opposite of whatever Boolean value that TM1 returns.
> 
> Except that you don't actually show that there is any thing wrong any 
> particular set, just that there does not exist any possible TMD1 that 
> gets the right answer for its TMD2, which just proves the Halting Problem.
> 

We can know in advance that any answer that Jack provides and any return
value that TM1 returns on input TMD2 is the wrong answer / return value.

Furthermore we can know it is the wrong answer / return value
specifically because every answer / return value is contradicted.

The new part that I am adding (that you partially agreed to?)
Is that any question that contradicts every answer is an incorrect
question.



-- 
Copyright 2023 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

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Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-22 20:27 -0500
  Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-22 22:25 -0400
    Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-22 22:16 -0500
      Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-23 00:32 -0400
        Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-23 00:06 -0500
          Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-23 08:11 -0400
            Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-23 10:39 -0500
              Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-23 16:46 -0400
                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-23 16:05 -0500
                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-23 17:26 -0400
                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-23 16:41 -0500
                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-23 18:48 -0400
                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-23 18:08 -0500
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-23 22:14 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-24 07:16 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-24 13:29 -0400
                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D olcott <polcott2@gmail.com> - 2023-06-24 12:42 -0500
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-24 16:24 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-25 07:33 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-26 19:18 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-26 22:13 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-27 07:52 -0400
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                Re: Termination Analyzer H is Not Fooled by Pathological Input D Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2023-06-27 19:02 -0400
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