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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 22:16:19 -0500
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On 5/1/2024 7:28 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 5/1/24 11:51 AM, olcott wrote:
>> On 5/1/2024 4:51 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-30 15:50:50 +0000, olcott said:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>> If we don't do this we end up with actual infinite loops that halt.
>>>
>>> That does not work. If you want to use the term "abnormal termination"
>>> you must first define it. 
>>
>> *I HAVE SAID THIS AT LEAST 10,000 TIMES NOW*
>> Every D simulated by H that cannot possibly stop running unless
>> aborted by H does specify non-terminating behavior to H. When
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