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Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within

From Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic
Subject Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within
Date 2024-05-23 21:44 -0400
Organization i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
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On 5/23/24 9:18 AM, olcott wrote:
> On 5/23/2024 2:12 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
>> Op 23.mei.2024 om 04:52 schreef olcott:
>>> On 5/22/2024 9:38 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>> On 5/22/24 10:33 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 5/22/2024 9:27 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>> On 5/22/24 10:07 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 5/22/2024 6:01 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 5/22/24 5:19 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 6/24/2022 2:53 AM, Malcolm McLean wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> He's dry-run P(P) and established that it doesn't halt. He's 
>>>>>>>>>> invoked H on it
>>>>>>>>>> and H reports that it doesn't halt. He's run P(P) and it halts.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So something odd is going on there that needs an explanation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *MUCH BETTER WORDS THAN ONE YEAR AGO*
>>>>>>>>> *MUCH BETTER WORDS THAN ONE YEAR AGO*
>>>>>>>>> *MUCH BETTER WORDS THAN ONE YEAR AGO*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> typedef int (*ptr)();  // ptr is pointer to int function in C
>>>>>>>>> 00       int H(ptr p, ptr i);
>>>>>>>>> 01       int D(ptr p)
>>>>>>>>> 02       {
>>>>>>>>> 03         int Halt_Status = H(p, p);
>>>>>>>>> 04         if (Halt_Status)
>>>>>>>>> 05           HERE: goto HERE;
>>>>>>>>> 06         return Halt_Status;
>>>>>>>>> 07       }
>>>>>>>>> 08
>>>>>>>>> 09       int main()
>>>>>>>>> 10       {
>>>>>>>>> 11         H(D,D);
>>>>>>>>> 12         return 0;
>>>>>>>>> 13       }
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In the above case a simulator is an x86 emulator that correctly 
>>>>>>>>> emulates
>>>>>>>>> at least one of the x86 instructions of D in the order 
>>>>>>>>> specified by the
>>>>>>>>> x86 instructions of D.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This may include correctly emulating the x86 instructions of H 
>>>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>>>> order specified by the x86 instructions of H thus calling 
>>>>>>>>> H(D,D) in
>>>>>>>>> recursive simulation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It is trivial to see that for every H/D pair of the infinite
>>>>>>>>> set of H/D pairs that match the above template that
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> D correctly simulated by H cannot possibly reach its own final
>>>>>>>>> state at line 06 and halt because D correctly simulated by
>>>>>>>>> H remains stuck in recursive simulation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Deciders are only accountable for the behavior of their inputs
>>>>>>>>> and are thus not allowed to report on the behavior of the 
>>>>>>>>> computation
>>>>>>>>> that they themselves are contained within.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> No. "Behavior of their inputss" MEANS for Turing Machines that 
>>>>>>>> are computing properties of Turing Machines (like Halt Deciders) 
>>>>>>>> have the "behavior of their input" defined as the Behavior of 
>>>>>>>> the machine their input represents/describes/specifies.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Only specifies and no matter how many times you deny it,
>>>>>>> it remains a verified fact that:
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> the input to H
>>>>>>> specifies that it never reaches its own final state and halts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No since when the input is run, 
>>>>>
>>>>> *That has nothing to do with*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>>
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>> *The behavior that the input to H specifies*
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sure it does.
>>>>
>>>> What else does the question: Does the program described to the 
>>>> decider halt mean other than that?
>>>
>>> *That is the FREAKING WRONG QUESTION*
>>>
>>> *NO ONE KNEW THAT IS WAS THE WRONG QUESTION*
>>> *ONLY BECAUSE EVERYONE REJECTED A SIMULATING*
>>> *TERMINATION ANALYZER OUT-OF-HAND WITHOUT REVIEW*
>>>
>>> D of every H/D pair where D is correctly simulated
>>> by H cannot possibly reach is own line 06 and halt.
>>>
>>> The failure to provide a counter-example will be
>>> construed as proof of this.
>>>
>> The failure to provide a counter example is not a proof.
> 
> OK then Church-Turing is a wild guess.
> 

Which is why it is "Thesis", accepted as most probably true, but not 
proven, and not a Theorem, like the Halting Theorem, which HAS been 
conclusively proven.

You are just making it clear you don't understand the basics of logic.

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No decider is ever allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-05-22 16:19 -0500
  Re: No decider is ever allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-05-22 19:01 -0400
    Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-05-22 21:07 -0500
      Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-05-22 22:27 -0400
        Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-05-22 21:33 -0500
          Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-05-22 22:38 -0400
            Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-05-22 21:52 -0500
              Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl> - 2024-05-23 09:12 +0200
                Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-05-23 08:18 -0500
                Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-05-23 21:44 -0400
              Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within (LIE) Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-05-23 07:29 -0400
                Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within (LIE) olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> - 2024-05-23 08:58 -0500
                Re: No decider is allowed to report on the behavior of the computation that itself is contained within (LIE) Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-05-23 21:44 -0400

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