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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Bad faith and dishonesty
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 15:40:55 -0500
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On 5/29/2025 3:34 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 29/05/2025 21:00, olcott wrote:
>> A simulating termination analyzer must PREDICT FUTURE BEHAVIOR.
>> This means that it must 

correctly

> predict what the behavior WOULD BE if
>> it never aborted its simulation.
> 
> It must not only predict, but predict *correctly*.
> 

So we agree now?

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