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Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO

From polcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math
Subject Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO
Date 2025-12-08 22:51 -0600
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On 12/8/2025 10:20 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 12/8/25 11:00 PM, polcott wrote:
>> On 12/8/2025 9:38 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>
>> *You have support for this in high places*
>>
>> The Halting Paradox
>> Bill Stoddart
>>
>> 6 Conclusions
>> The idea of a universal halting test seems reasonable,
>> but cannot be formalised as a consistent specification.
>> It has no model and does not exist as a conceptual object.
>> Assuming its conceptual existence leads to a paradox.
>>
>> https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.05340
>>
> 
> Which doesn't prove anything, as there IS a consistant specification for 
> the test.
> 
> The problem is you (and Bill) just don't understand it.
> 
> Part of the problem is Bill doesn't understand the nature of Turing 
> Complete systems. In particular, he assume there is a UNIQUE encoding 
> for every program, which is a false assumption in Turing Complete systems.

With the text of each program P we associate a
unique number ⌈P⌉, known as the program’s encoding,
which will stand for the program when we want to
use that program as data, e.g. when passing one
program to another as an argument.

You are just terribly inaccurate in paraphrasing.
Perhaps speaking to no one at all is better than
talking to you.

-- 
Copyright 2025 Olcott

My 28 year goal has been to make
"true on the basis of meaning" computable.

This required establishing a new foundation
for correct reasoning.

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Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-12-08 22:00 -0600
  Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2025-12-08 23:20 -0500
    Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-12-08 22:33 -0600
      Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2025-12-09 07:42 -0500
        Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-12-09 09:53 -0600
          Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2025-12-09 23:02 -0500
    Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-12-08 22:51 -0600
      Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2025-12-09 07:42 -0500
        Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-12-09 09:39 -0600
          Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2025-12-09 23:02 -0500
  Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2025-12-08 20:54 -0800
    Re: on mathematical ghosts --- PLO polcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2025-12-08 23:02 -0600

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