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From: Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org>
Newsgroups: comp.theory,sci.logic
Subject: Re: Can D simulated by H terminate normally?
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 07:23:53 -0400
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On 4/30/24 11:56 PM, olcott wrote:
> On 4/30/2024 5:46 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> On 4/30/24 11:55 AM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 4/30/2024 6:33 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>> On 4/30/24 2:07 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 4/29/2024 6:19 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/29/24 10:51 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> On 4/29/2024 6:25 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 11:48 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 6:05 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 3:48 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 2:36 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 3:26 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 2:18 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 2:52 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 1:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 2:19 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 1:06 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 1:50 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 11:08 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 11:33 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 10:08 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 9:52 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 8:19 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/24 8:56 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 4/28/2024 3:23 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-04-28 00:17:48 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can D simulated by H terminate normally?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One should not that "D simulated by H" is not 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the same as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "simulation of D by H". The message below 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seems to be more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about the latter than the former. In any case, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it is more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about the properties of H than about the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> properties of D.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> D specifies what is essentially infinite 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> recursion to H.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Several people agreed that D simulated by H 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot possibly
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reach past its own line 03 no matter what H does.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nope, it is only that if H fails to be a decider.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *We don't make this leap of logic. I never used 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the term decider*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *We don't make this leap of logic. I never used 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the term decider*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *We don't make this leap of logic. I never used 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the term decider*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *We don't make this leap of logic. I never used 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the term decider*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You admit that people see that as being a claim 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about the Halting Problem, and thus the implied 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> definitons of the terms apply.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The only way to get people to understand that I am 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> correct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and thus not always ignore my words and leap to the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conclusion
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that I must be wrong is to insist that they review 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> every single
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> detail of all of my reasoning one tiny step at a time.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, the way to get people to understand what you are 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> saying is to use the standard terminology, and start 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with what people will accept and move to what is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> harder to understand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> People have no obligation to work in the direction 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you want them to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, when you speak non-sense, people will ignore 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you, because what you speak is non-sense.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are just proving that you don't understand how 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to perform logic, or frame a persuasive arguement.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That fact that as far as we can tell, your "logic" 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is based on you making up things and trying to form 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> justifications for them, just makes people unwilling 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to attempt to "accept" your wild ideas to see what 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> might make sense.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linguistic determinism is the concept that language 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and its structures
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> limit and determine human knowledge or thought, as 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> well as thought
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> processes such as categorization, memory, and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> perception.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_determinism
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So? Since formal logic isn't based on Linguistics, it 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't directly impact it. IT might limit the forms we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some of the technical "terms of the art" box people 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> into misconceptions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for which there is no escape. Some of the technical 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "terms of the art"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I perfectly agree with.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Important technical "term of the art" that I totally 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> agree with*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Computable functions are the formalized analogue of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the intuitive notion
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of algorithms, in the sense that a function is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> computable if there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exists an algorithm that can do the job of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> function, i.e. given an
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input of the function domain it can return the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> corresponding output. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computable_function
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But you seem to miss that Halting isn't a "Computable 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Function", as Turing Proved.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Even the term "halting" is problematic.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> For 15 years I thought it means stops running for any 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reason.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And that shows your STUPIDITY, not an error in the Theory.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I know that it means reaches the final state. Half the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> people here may not know that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, I suspect most of the people here are smarter than 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yet again only rhetoric wit no actual reasoning.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you believe:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (a) Halting means stopping for any reason.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (b) Halting means reaching a final state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (c) Neither.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In Computation Theory, which is the context of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> discussion, Halting means reaching a final state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The key is that NOT HALTING, means that the machine does 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NOT reach a final state after an unbounded number of steps 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of operation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> An aborted simulation does not determine, by itself, if 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the machine being simulated is halting or not. This seems 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to be a fact you don't understand.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Halting is strictly a property of the direct execution of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the machine, or things that are actually proven to be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> equivalent, like the (unaborted) simulation by a UTM.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> OK that is complete agreement with my correct understanding 
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