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Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing???

From Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math, sci.math.symbolic
Subject Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing???
Followup-To sci.logic
Date 2026-05-04 09:21 +0300
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On 03/05/2026 16:59, olcott wrote:
> On 5/2/2026 11:23 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> On 5/2/26 9:00 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 5/2/2026 10:12 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> On 5/2/26 1:52 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 5/2/2026 3:27 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/2/26 1:10 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/2/2026 2:09 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 5/2/26 5:45 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 5/2/2026 3:21 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As in turns out to actually be it is unsolvable only
>>>>>>>>> because it lacks coherent semantics. The square-root
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> that's the part i'd like to solve:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> how do we make the seemingly incoherent actually coherent?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why can't you tell me the numeric value
>>>>> of the square-root of a dead chicken?
>>>>> Is the question incorrect or are you stupid?
>>>>>
>>>>> Why can't you tell me the numeric value
>>>>> of the square-root of a dead chicken?
>>>>> Is the question incorrect or are you stupid?
>>>>>
>>>>> Why can't you tell me the numeric value
>>>>> of the square-root of a dead chicken?
>>>>> Is the question incorrect or are you stupid?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> you can screech on with repeated false analogies all you want,
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is an accurate analogy.
>>
>> i can't agree

> All incorrect questions are the same in that they
> are intentionally formed to prevent correct answers.

There is a correct answer to every question. If the question is
incorrect a correct answer says that the qestion is incorrect
and preferably indicates what is incorrect in the question,
perhaps proposing a correction. Sometimes it is useful to guess
the intended question and to answer that.

>>>
>>>> but asking whether a turing machine halts or not is not a category 
>>>> error. any real turing machine either belongs to the set of halting 
>>>> machines or it doesn't. that's a truth by the law of excluded 
>>>> middle, and if u don't agree then ur just wrong.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It never has been about halting machines it
>>> has always been about semantic properties of
>>> finite strings.
>>
>> ...where the finite string encodes a turing machine,
> 
> One indirect reference away from the machine itself.
> 
>>  and the semantic property is in regards to the behavior of that 
>> encoded machine...
>>
> 
> The semantic property is the behavior that the finite
> string specifies. It is common knowledge across all
> of proof theoretic semantics that proofs of inputs must
> be finite or input is invalid.
> 
>>>
>>>> and in fact we already /know/ DD belongs to the set of halting 
>>>> machines, something i've seen you agree to just a few months ago
>>>>
>>>> u just keep not responding to that agreed fact, and that does not 
>>>> bode well for whatever it is ur tryin to peddle in the moment.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> 
> 


-- 
Mikko

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  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
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                Re: polcott wtf are you even arguing??? Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> - 2026-05-05 11:50 +0300
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