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   Message 57,606 of 59,235   
   olcott to Mikko   
   Re: The halting problem as defined is a    
   21 Jul 25 09:07:27   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/21/2025 4:38 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   > On 2025-07-20 15:04:34 +0000, olcott said:   
   >   
   >> On 7/20/2025 3:46 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-07-19 14:59:41 +0000, olcott said:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 7/19/2025 4:02 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2025-07-18 22:11:50 +0000, Mr Flibble said:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:01:31 -0500, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Claude.ai agrees that the halting problem as defined is a category   
   >>>>>>> error.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> https://claude.ai/share/0b784d2a-447e-441f-b3f0-a204fa17135a   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> This can only be directly seen within my notion of a simulating halt   
   >>>>>>> decider. I used the Linz proof as my basis.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Sorrowfully Peter Linz passed away 2 days less than one year ago   
   >>>>>>> on my   
   >>>>>>> Mom's birthday July 19, 2024.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I was the first to state that the halting problem as defined is a   
   >>>>>> category   
   >>>>>> error and I stated it in this forum.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Indeed you stated that but failed to identify the actual error. You   
   >>>>> did not say which word in the problem statement is wrong or what is   
   >>>>> the wrong category or what would be the right one.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I conclusively proved the actual category error yet   
   >>>> people that are only interested in rebuttal want no   
   >>>> part of any proof that I am correct.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it the same error as Flibble found?   
   >>   
   >> Flibble's category error is stated abstractly.   
   >> My version is stated concretely.   
   >   
   > Could you post a pointer to your version?   
   >   
      
   The category error is a type mismatch error where   
   a Turing Machine decider is required to report on   
   the behavior of a directly executed machine yet   
   cannot take a directly executed machine as an input.   
      
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