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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Formal systems that cannot possibly be incomplete except for
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Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 05:43:23 +0100
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On 09/05/2025 01:58, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> 
>> On 07/05/2025 17:01, Ben Bacarisse wrote:

<snipped, but not ignored>

All fair enough.

>>>     There exists a TM, H, that computes h(n, i).
>>
>> You're going for formality, which is of course admirable. I was going for
>> informality,
> 
> I went on to be more formal, but my remarks were made in the context of
> you being informal.  Maybe I should have just rephrased your remarks in
> an informal way that I would not be so uncomfortable about.
> 
>> which is not always to be sneered at.
> 
> No indeed.  I'm sorry if you thought I was sneering.

I don't. Poor word choice on my part.

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