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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Defining a correct simulating halt decider
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On 9/11/2024 11:31 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
> Op 11.sep.2024 om 13:41 schreef olcott:
>> On 9/11/2024 2:35 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-11 00:21:36 +0000, olcott said:
>>>
>>>> On 9/10/2024 3:52 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-09-09 18:19:26 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/8/2024 9:53 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2024-09-07 13:57:00 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 9/7/2024 3:29 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-07 05:12:19 +0000, joes said:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:42:48 -0500 schrieb olcott:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/6/2024 6:19 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-05 13:24:20 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/5/2024 2:34 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-03 13:00:50 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/3/2024 5:25 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-02 16:38:03 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider is a Turing machine that computes the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mapping from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its finite string input to the behavior that this 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finite string
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> specifies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider needn't compute the full behaviour, only 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that behaviour is finite or infinite.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> New slave_stack at:1038c4 Begin Local Halt Decider 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Simulation
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Local Halt Decider: Infinite Recursion Detected 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Simulation Stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hence  HHH(DDD)==0 is correct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nice to see that you don't disagree with what said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unvortunately I can't agree with what you say.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HHH terminates,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> os DDD obviously terminates, too. No valid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> DDD emulated by HHH never reaches it final halt state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If that iis true it means that HHH called by DDD does not 
>>>>>>>>>>>> return and
>>>>>>>>>>>> therefore is not a ceicder.
>>>>>>>>>>> The directly executed HHH is a decider.
>>>>>>>>>> What does simulating it change about that?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If the simulation is incorrect it may change anything.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, a correct simultation faithfully imitates the original
>>>>>>> behaviour.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _DDD()
>>>>>> [00002172] 55         push ebp      ; housekeeping
>>>>>> [00002173] 8bec       mov ebp,esp   ; housekeeping
>>>>>> [00002175] 6872210000 push 00002172 ; push DDD
>>>>>> [0000217a] e853f4ffff call 000015d2 ; call HHH(DDD)
>>>>>> [0000217f] 83c404     add esp,+04
>>>>>> [00002182] 5d         pop ebp
>>>>>> [00002183] c3         ret
>>>>>> Size in bytes:(0018) [00002183]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A correct emulation obeys the x86 machine code even
>>>>>> if this machine code catches the machine on fire.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is impossible for an emulation of DDD by HHH to
>>>>>> reach machine address 00002183 AND YOU KNOW IT!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> A correct emulation of DDD does reach the machine address 0000217f and
>>>>> a little later 00002183.
>>>>
>>>> *That is counter-factual and you cannot possibly show otherwise*
>>>
>>> A halt decider is required to predict about the actual execution,
>>> not a couterfactual assumption.
>>>
>>
>> False assumption.
>> A halt decider must compute the mapping that its input
>> finite string specifies.
> 
> And the input, a finite string that describes a program based on the 
> aborting HHH, describes a halting program, as proven by the direct 
> execution, by the unmodified world class simulator and even by HHH1. The 
> semantics of the x86 language allows only one behaviour for the finite 
> string. Any program claiming another behaviour violates the semantics of 
> the x86 language,
> 
>>
>> It is ridiculously stupid to assume that the fact
>> that DDD calls its own emulator does not change
>> its behavior relative to not calling its own emulator.
> 
> It ridiculous to assume that the semantics of the x86 language allows 
> another behaviour for the finite string.
> 
> 
> Why do you have a religious conviction to this stupid
> mistake?

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lies in real time on the basis of knowing truth we will
know that we didn't have to die from climate change or
allow the rise of the fourth Reich.


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