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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The philosophy of computation reformulates existing ideas on a
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 11:12:33 -0500
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On 10/31/2024 11:03 AM, Andy Walker wrote:
> On 31/10/2024 11:01, Mikko wrote:
>> On 2024-10-30 11:17:45 +0000, Andy Walker said:
>>> On 30/10/2024 03:50, Jeff Barnett wrote:
>>>> You may have noticed that the moron responded to your message in
>>>> less than 10 minutes. Do you think he read the material before
>>>> responding? A good troll would have waited a few hours before
>>>> answering.
>>>     I doubt whether Peter is either a moron or a troll.
>> Does it really matter? If he falsely pretends to be a moron or a liar
>> I may politely pretend to believe.
> 
>      It's not exactly polite to describe Peter in any of these ways!
> Entirely personally, I see no reason to do so in any case.  He is quite
> often impolite in response to being called a "stupid liar" or similar,
> but that's understandable.  He is no worse than many a student in terms
> of what he comprehends;  his fault lies in [apparently] believing that he
> has a unique insight. 

When what I say is viewed within the perspective of
the philosophy of computation I do have new insight.

When what I say is viewed within the assumption that
the current received view of the theory of computation
is inherently infallible then what I say can only be
viewed as incorrect.

> I have no reason to believe that he lies [versus
> being profoundly mistaken];  YMMV.  His real problem is that he cannot
> [or will not] resist responding to any article here, very probably inc
> this one.  He is apparently not alone, which is what generates the flood
> of articles.  There is a simple way to avoid that.
> 



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