XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/21/2025 3:09 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:   
   > On 20/07/2025 17:13, Alan Mackenzie wrote:   
   >> Do you really think that for such a simple problem, known and   
   >> understood by millions over nearly a century, any flaw would   
   >> not have already been found long ago?   
   >   
   > You're right, of course, but the above argument is not as robust   
   > as we might hope.   
   >   
   > "The number of human chromosomes was published by Painter in   
   > 1923. By inspection through a microscope, he counted 24 pairs of   
   > chromosomes, giving 48 in total. His error was copied by others,   
   > and it was not until 1956 that the true number (46) was   
   > determined by Indonesian-born cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio."   
   >   
   > And oscillating reactions were known to be impossible for quite a   
   > while even after crank Belousov came up with one.   
   >   
   > And of course there's another problem:   
   >   
   >> Do you really think that for such a simple problem, known and   
   >> understood by millions over nearly a century, any flaw would   
   >> not have already been found long ago?   
   >   
   > Yes. That's /precisely/ what he really thinks. And he always will, no   
   > matter what we tell him.   
   >   
      
   Because my reasoning is sound and every rebuttal   
   either denied verified facts or changed the words   
   that I said and rebutted these changed words. No   
   one can find any example of any error in the gist   
   of anything that I have been saying.   
      
   I did have a few typos here and there.   
      
   Joes tries to keep getting away with saying that   
   HHH cannot possibly simulate itself simulating DDD.   
   Richard almost always uses the strawman error.   
      
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