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On 7/21/2025 3:09 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 20/07/2025 17:13, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> Do you really think that for such a simple problem, known and
>> understood by millions over nearly a century, any flaw would
>> not have already been found long ago?
> 
> You're right, of course, but the above argument is not as robust
> as we might hope.
> 
> "The number of human chromosomes was published by Painter in
> 1923. By inspection through a microscope, he counted 24 pairs of
> chromosomes, giving 48 in total. His error was copied by others,
> and it was not until 1956 that the true number (46) was
> determined by Indonesian-born cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio."
> 
> And oscillating reactions were known to be impossible for quite a
> while even after crank Belousov came up with one.
> 
> And of course there's another problem:
> 
>> Do you really think that for such a simple problem, known and
>> understood by millions over nearly a century, any flaw would
>> not have already been found long ago?
> 
> Yes. That's /precisely/ what he really thinks. And he always will, no 
> matter what we tell him.
> 

Because my reasoning is sound and every rebuttal
either denied verified facts or changed the words
that I said and rebutted these changed words. No
one can find any example of any error in the gist
of anything that I have been saying.

I did have a few typos here and there.

Joes tries to keep getting away with saying that
HHH cannot possibly simulate itself simulating DDD.
Richard almost always uses the strawman error.

-- 
Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer