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Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing???

From dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math, sci.math.symbolic
Subject Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing???
Date 2026-05-02 01:21 -0700
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On 5/1/26 8:56 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 5/1/2026 10:13 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> On 5/1/26 6:23 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/1/2026 7:51 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> On 5/1/26 4:36 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 5/1/2026 6:27 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/1/26 4:20 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/1/2026 6:13 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 5/1/26 2:53 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 5/1/2026 4:46 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 5/1/26 2:19 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/1/2026 4:06 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> you seem to agree the halting problem isn't solvable,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If you would fucking pay close attention:
>>>>>>>>>>> The halting problem is unsolvable for the same
>>>>>>>>>>> reason that the question: What time is it (yes or no)?
>>>>>>>>>>> is unsolvable.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe if you would repeat that to yourself
>>>>>>>>>>> 10,000 times you would bother to notice that
>>>>>>>>>>> I said this at least once.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ok. i don't necessarily disagree, the particular input is 
>>>>>>>>>> undecidable due to the form of the input itself...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> the problem i'm have with ur proposals is:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> _why do i care_ ???
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't give a rat's ass why you care.
>>>>>>>>> Objectively it is important because computable
>>>>>>>>> truth would expose the liars and thus avoid
>>>>>>>>> killing the whole planet for a few extra bucks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what are they even lying about???
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.researchgate.net/ 
>>>>>>> publication/336568434_Severe_anthropogenic_climate_change_proven_entirely_with_verifiable_facts
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> climate change is a severe existential threat i agree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i don't see how the halting problem or incompleteness relates as 
>>>>>> neither are even mentioned in the paper
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Because of fundamental misconceptions still exist about
>>>>> "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
>>>>> we continue to lack a reliable system that divides lies
>>>>> from truth. This prevents the required quorum of the
>>>>> public to implement sufficient climate change remedial
>>>>> measures.
>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> can we further our ability in any way shape or form with this 
>>>>>>>>>> understanding???
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> An infallible system of truth can be created on this
>>>>>>>>> basis.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> what more truth have you proposed??? the _same_ problem remains 
>>>>>>>> with undecidable input...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are you fucking stupid?
>>>>
>>>> yes
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The halting problem is unsolvable for the same
>>>>>>> reason that the question: What time is it (yes or no)?
>>>>>>> is unsolvable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The halting problem is unsolvable for the same
>>>>>>> reason that the question: What time is it (yes or no)?
>>>>>>> is unsolvable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The halting problem is unsolvable for the same
>>>>>>> reason that the question: What time is it (yes or no)?
>>>>>>> is unsolvable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The halting problem is unsolvable for the same
>>>>>>> reason that the question: What time is it (yes or no)?
>>>>>>> is unsolvable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The halting problem is unsolvable for the same
>>>>>>> reason that the question: What time is it (yes or no)?
>>>>>>> is unsolvable.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ok, so the problem remains unsolvable... i'm failing to see how 
>>>>>> this is progress
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Are to too stupid to see that it only remains unsolvable
>>>>> because it has been stupidly incorrect the whole time?
>>>>
>>>> ur not making it solvable by declaring the input invalid,
>>>>
>>>> that still leaves the problem unsolved as we obviously don't get a 
>>>> decision on whether DD halts or not.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is is an "unsolved problem" in the same way that no one
>>> will ever figure out the correct numeric square root of
>>> a dead chicken. In other words it was never ever an
>>> "unsolved problem". It was ALWAYS only a stupid mistake.
>>>
>>
>> so? that still leaves it as an _unsolvable_ problem...
> So you don't understand what the word NEVER means?

the halting problem was literally never viewed as a "unsolved problem" 
within computing, in the first place!

literally the first paper /on computable numbers/ ever written 
classified the halting problem as unsolvable... just like u seem to 
think now

i have no idea wtf ur going on about polcott 🤷🤷🤷

at this time, i'm finding your posting detrimental to my work. instead 
of reinforcing the consensus position of the halting problem being 
unsolvable...

i've been instead trying to find a way to make the halting problem _more 
solvable_ in some way, shape, or form. ultimately something to prove 
that we _ought_ to be _only_ deploying code with _computed semantic 
proofs_ for all the behavior we expect them to have...

idk if this means:
- some kind of logical trick that makes such a unsolvable computation 
fundamentally inexpressible
- OR some kind of proof the demonstrates those unsolvable computations 
and redundant, uninteresting, or not useful to us
- OR some kind of contradiction formed by allowing those unsolvable 
computations to exist
- OR something else i'm forgetting at the moment
- OR some combination of the above

i've kinda stalled at the moment due to having a kid a few weeks ago, 
and worse lack of cooperative discussion partners

> 
>>
>> in what _meaningful_ way does this further our ability?
>>
> 

-- 
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please excuse my pseudo-pyscript,
~ the lil crank that could

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polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 14:06 -0700
  Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 16:19 -0500
    Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 14:46 -0700
      Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 16:53 -0500
        Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 16:13 -0700
          Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 18:20 -0500
            Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 16:27 -0700
              Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 18:36 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 17:51 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 20:23 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 20:13 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 22:56 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 01:21 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 07:45 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 12:09 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 14:49 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 15:10 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 13:27 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 15:52 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 20:12 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 23:00 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 21:23 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-03 08:59 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-05-04 09:21 +0300
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-04 10:29 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-05-05 11:50 +0300
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 11:11 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-05-06 11:09 +0300
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 08:54 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-05-07 10:09 +0300
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 09:13 -0500
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-05-08 10:27 +0300
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 02:14 -0700
              Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 19:07 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 20:14 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 20:16 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-01 20:21 -0700
          Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-06-11 22:17 +0100
            Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-06-11 17:19 -0500
              Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-06-12 15:28 +0100
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-06-12 11:03 -0500
      Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-01 20:57 -0700
        Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 07:32 -0500
          Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 11:59 -0700
          Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 12:08 -0700
            Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 14:48 -0500
              Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? dart200 <user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-05-02 13:20 -0700
                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 20:50 -0700
    Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mr Flibble <flibble@red-dwarf.jmc.corp> - 2026-05-02 15:50 +0000
      Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-05-02 11:02 -0500
  Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2026-06-11 22:12 +0100
    Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2026-06-11 17:17 -0500

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