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Subject: Re: Halting Problem is wrong two different ways
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 04:12:38 +0200
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On 5/06/24 04:05, olcott wrote:
> On 6/4/2024 8:48 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>> But the question it asks is an OBJECTIVE question that doesn't depend 
>> on who it is asked of.
>>
> 
> When H is asked about the behavior of a Machine that is programmed
> to do the opposite of whatever it says then the context that it is H
> that is being asked is an inherent aspect of the meaning of this
> question and cannot be correctly ignored.

Every machine does something. It either halts, or it doesn't. If a 
machine halts, then it halts even if you ask someone different. If the 
machine halts when I ask Bob whether it halts and he says it halts, then 
it still halts when I ask Alice whether it halts and she says it doesn't 
halt. Alice is wrong. The linguistic context doesn't change the fact 
that it halts.