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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Mr Flibble
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:05:04 -0500
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On 4/22/2025 9:43 AM, Andy Walker wrote:
> The "real" Mr Flibble is a malevolent penguin.  I wonder why contributors
> take him so seriously?  If you want to debate with a penguin, that's your
> prerogative, but to me it makes more sense to add several pinches of salt
> and smile or groan as appropriate to everything he writes.  He has a knack
> for writing things that are just about plausible, which is enviable, but
> one response to anything interesting is surely enough?
> 

He has changed his ways and gained deep insight
into the halting problem from knowing nothing
about it one year ago. USENET messages show his
recent initial lack of understanding.

His whole idea of "category error" is a new way of
saying the same thing that I and computer science
professor Eric Hehner have been saying for a while.
Saying it this new way is material progress on the
halting problem.

His signalling halt decider is also a useful new
idea.

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Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
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