Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: dbush Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Functions computed by Turing Machines MUST apply finite string transformations to inputs --- MT Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 23:45:07 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 86 Message-ID: References: <991dde3a60e1485815b789520c7149e7842d18f2@i2pn2.org> <-GOdnZvgEPn-84j1nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <2qydnbbWA6CAGIv1nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> <87frhjamvt.fsf@bsb.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 05 May 2025 05:45:07 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="18d110b57402f35c65b5688042d33321"; logging-data="3712089"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18g9qoRSrJ7VYWHyafxwAUv" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:7o4nE4CC5p+uy3PbHfrwuifvHio= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: On 5/4/2025 11:40 PM, olcott wrote: > On 5/4/2025 10:32 PM, dbush wrote: >> On 5/4/2025 11:28 PM, olcott wrote: >>> On 5/4/2025 10:12 PM, dbush wrote: >>>> On 5/4/2025 11:04 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>> On 5/4/2025 9:58 PM, dbush wrote: >>>>>> On 5/4/2025 9:23 PM, olcott wrote: >>>>>>> On 5/4/2025 8:04 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>>>>>>> Mike Terry writes: >>>>>>>> ... >>>>>>>>> As explained above, UTM(⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩) simulates Ĥ run with input Ĥ >>>>>>>>> (having the >>>>>>>>> same halting behaviour) and Ĥ run with input Ĥ HALTS.  So >>>>>>>>> embedded_H does >>>>>>>>> not "gather enough information to deduce that UTM(⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩) >>>>>>>>> would never >>>>>>>>> halt".  THAT IS JUST A FANTASY THAT YOU HAVE. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> UTM(⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩) DOES halt, so embedded_H can't possibly gather >>>>>>>>> information >>>>>>>>> that genuinely implies it DOESN'T halt.  The explanation is >>>>>>>>> obvious: >>>>>>>>> embedded_H gathers information that *YOU* believe implies that >>>>>>>>> UTM(⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩) >>>>>>>>> would never halt, but *YOU ARE SIMPLY WRONG*. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> He used to claim that false ("does not halt") was the correct >>>>>>>> answer, >>>>>>>> /even though/ the computation in question halts!  Those were >>>>>>>> simpler >>>>>>>> days.  Of course cranks will never admit to having been wrong about >>>>>>>> anything other than a detail or two, so anyone who could be >>>>>>>> bothered >>>>>>>> could try to get him to retract that old claim. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> 10/13/2022> >>>>>>>      If simulating halt decider H correctly simulates its input D >>>>>>>      until H correctly determines that its simulated D would never >>>>>>>      stop running unless aborted then >>>>>>> >>>>>>>      H can abort its simulation of D and correctly report that D >>>>>>>      specifies a non-halting sequence of configurations. >>>>>>> >>>>>> 10/13/2022> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And you *CONTINUE* to lie by implying that Sipser agrees with you >>>>>> when it's been repeated proven that he does not: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 2:41:27 PM UTC-5, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>>>>>  > I exchanged emails with him about this. He does not agree with >>>>>> anything >>>>>>  > substantive that PO has written. I won't quote him, as I don't >>>>>> have >>>>>>  > permission, but he was, let's say... forthright, in his reply >>>>>> to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> This demonstrates a reckless disregard for the truth on your part. >>>>>> >>>> >>>> Let the record show that you made no attempt to refute the above, >>> >>> I HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THIS >>> It is true that he did not take the time to understand >>> recursive emulation thus could not possibly see the >>> significance of my work without this. >>> >>> THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE DID NOT AGREED >>> TO LET ME QUOTE HIS AGREEMENT WITH MY WORDS. >> >> But you present that quote to imply that he agreed with what you >> meant, and it is proven above that he did not. >> > > I ONLY agree that he and I have meant the exact > same thing on the above quoted words. FALSE: On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 2:41:27 PM UTC-5, Ben Bacarisse wrote: > I exchanged emails with him about this. He does not agree with anything > substantive that PO has written. I won't quote him, as I don't have > permission, but he was, let's say... forthright, in his reply to me.