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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 19:32 -0500
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On 6/23/2023 7:16 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 6/23/23 8:03 PM, olcott wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> No, because for the halting Problem, TMD1 is a FIXED MACHINE in any 
> asking of the question, and their IS a correct answer to the question, 
> it just isn't the one that TMD1 gives.
> 
> That is the difference.
> 
> Thus, TMD1 is just WRONG, the question isn't a "Contradiction". TMD2 
> might have contradicted TMD1, but no contradiciton appears in the 
> question itself.
> 
>>
>> The new part that I am adding (that you partially agreed to?)
>> Is that any question that contradicts every answer is an incorrect
>> question.
>>
> 
> Except you don't define "Contradiction" in a proper manner.
> 

That I don't define it in a conventional manner does not mean that I am
defining it incorrectly.

> Remember, the Halting Question is about a SPECIFIC machine each time it 
> is asked, 
No it is not. It is always about every element of the entire set of
{TM1, TMD2} (halting problem proof instance) pairs.



-- 
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
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