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Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus!

From Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.theory
Subject Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus!
Date 2021-07-16 22:25 +0100
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References <20210716142416.00003996@reddwarf.jmc> <scs517$1usk$1@gioia.aioe.org> <20210716153637.000036c0@reddwarf.jmc> <scsse2$sf$1@gioia.aioe.org> <UpGdnbNK8OqVZWz9nZ2dnUU7-d_NnZ2d@giganews.com>

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olcott wrote:
> On 7/16/2021 4:07 PM, Peter wrote:
>> Mr Flibble wrote:
>>> On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:27:53 +0100
>>> Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mr Flibble wrote:
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> All extant halting problem proofs appear to be predicated on a
>>>>
>>>> Since you haven't read them all, you are in no position to make such
>>>> a claim.
>>>
>>> Whether or not I am in a position to make such a claim has no bearing
>>> on whether the claim is true or false.  Feel free to refute my claim,
>>> dear.
>>>
>>> /Flibble
>>>
>>>
>> Ahem... the onus is on you to prove your--utterly implausible--claim.
>>
> 
> He has already proved that any requirement for a program/TM to return a 

The claim that I was referring to is that he is in a position to comment 
on _all_ halting problem proofs.

> halt status value to an input to does the opposite of whatever the halt 
> decider returns is bogus. The meaning of these words proves that such a 
> case has the exactly same bogus pattern as the liar paradox.
> 
> Generically this can be understood as the scientific principle that the 
> dependent variable of a scientific investigation is not allowed to 
> interfere with the independent variable.
> 
> When P interferes with H this scientific principle is violated. Flibble 
> spotted this error and thus has a correct basis for his claim.
> 
> On Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 12:00:56 PM UTC-5, Mr Flibble wrote:
>   > I agree with Olcott that a halt decider can NOT be part of that which
>   > is being decided (see [Strachey 1965]) which, if Olcott is correct,
>   > falsifies a collection of proofs (which I don't have the time to
>   > examine) which rely on that mistake.
>   >
>   > /Flibble
> 


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Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2021-07-16 14:24 +0100
  Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-16 14:34 +0100
    Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2021-07-16 14:39 +0100
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 09:36 -0500
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2021-07-16 15:39 +0100
          Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! wij <wyniijj@gmail.com> - 2021-07-16 08:38 -0700
            Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 11:04 -0500
              Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! wij <wyniijj@gmail.com> - 2021-07-16 09:25 -0700
                Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 12:03 -0500
                Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-16 19:50 +0100
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-16 15:46 +0100
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-16 15:40 +0100
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2021-07-16 15:42 +0100
          Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-17 01:06 +0100
            Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-17 10:52 -0500
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Andy Walker <anw@cuboid.co.uk> - 2021-07-16 16:12 +0100
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 10:52 -0500
          Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! wij <wyniijj@gmail.com> - 2021-07-16 09:11 -0700
            Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 11:15 -0500
    Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 09:13 -0500
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! wij <wyniijj@gmail.com> - 2021-07-16 08:32 -0700
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-17 01:03 +0100
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-17 10:46 -0500
          Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-18 02:32 +0100
            Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-19 10:10 -0500
              Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-20 01:35 +0100
                Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-20 09:24 -0500
                Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-07-21 01:28 +0100
              Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2021-07-19 20:48 -0700
  Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-16 15:27 +0100
    Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Mr Flibble <flibble@reddwarf.jmc> - 2021-07-16 15:36 +0100
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 10:02 -0500
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-16 22:09 +0100
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! wij <wyniijj@gmail.com> - 2021-07-16 08:46 -0700
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-16 22:07 +0100
        Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 16:20 -0500
          Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-16 22:25 +0100
            Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 16:32 -0500
              Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-17 11:48 +0100
    Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 09:44 -0500
      Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! Peter <peterxpercival@hotmail.com> - 2021-07-16 22:10 +0100
  Re: Halting Problem proofs appear to be bogus! olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> - 2021-07-16 09:32 -0500

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