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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Can D simulated by H terminate normally?
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 22:12:05 -0500
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On 5/1/2024 7:25 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 5/1/24 12:26 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/1/2024 6:23 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>> On 5/1/24 12:19 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>> On 4/30/2024 5:46 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>> On 4/30/24 11:50 AM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>> On 4/30/2024 5:27 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2024-04-29 14:20:20 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 4/29/2024 8:44 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-04-28 18:52:06 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The simplest way to define halting is (s): neither. Instead, it 
>>>>>>>>> means
>>>>>>>>> that it is not possible to continue the computation to an infinite
>>>>>>>>> number of steps.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wrong answer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The word "you" in the question did not refer to me, so I didn't 
>>>>>>> answer,
>>>>>>> just commented.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> computation that halts… “the Turing machine will halt whenever 
>>>>>>>> it enters a final state” (Linz:1990:234)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [5] Linz, Peter 1990. An Introduction to Formal Languages and 
>>>>>>>> Automata. Lexington/Toronto: D. C. Heath and Company. (317-320)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That, together with other definitions by Linz, means exactly the 
>>>>>>> same
>>>>>>> as the definition I proposed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since the notion of abnormal termination could not exist prior
>>>>>> to my creation of a simulating halt decider and does exist within 
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> frame-of-reference we must construe abnormal termination as not 
>>>>>> halting.
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