Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Bad faith and dishonesty Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 15:40:55 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <101agon$1ngr$3@dont-email.me> References: <100uct4$184ak$1@dont-email.me> <100v9ta$1d5lg$7@dont-email.me> <1011eai$1urdm$1@dont-email.me> <10121bt$22da5$4@dont-email.me> <8bb5266e35845a4d8f2feb618c0c18629c04e4e7@i2pn2.org> <1012oj1$278f8$1@dont-email.me> <1196d9de2e2aebc1b6d1a85047192e8ea1aeb1f1@i2pn2.org> <10137lv$2djeu$1@dont-email.me> <1017l6l$3cerk$1@dont-email.me> <1017tr1$3drlu$5@dont-email.me> <1017ufm$3e54m$6@dont-email.me> <1019vm1$3u8nj$3@dont-email.me> <101a65n$3vsp7$1@dont-email.me> <101a86h$3vfam$6@dont-email.me> <101a9np$gl7$1@dont-email.me> <101ab0d$10eg$1@dont-email.me> <101abbb$gl7$3@dont-email.me> <101aca4$17rj$1@dont-email.me> <101actt$3v9gr$6@dont-email.me> <101adcs$17rj$3@dont-email.me> <101advt$3v9gr$7@dont-email.me> <101aecc$1iu2$1@dont-email.me> <101agd2$1sm1$4@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 22:40:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6894e564e6a95e6355f574971a6fd9d1"; logging-data="56859"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/uJCZ/RAlscLne5TlAbj9Q" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:dnv9wIy3g/paMqM905r7r0QWasE= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250529-4, 5/29/2025), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <101agd2$1sm1$4@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean On 5/29/2025 3:34 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote: > On 29/05/2025 21:00, olcott wrote: >> A simulating termination analyzer must PREDICT FUTURE BEHAVIOR. >> This means that it must correctly > predict what the behavior WOULD BE if >> it never aborted its simulation. > > It must not only predict, but predict *correctly*. > So we agree now? -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer