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   Message 57,707 of 59,235   
   olcott to Richard Damon   
   Re: I finally proved that Ben is wrong a   
   29 Jul 25 22:02:45   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/29/2025 8:48 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   > On 7/29/25 9:36 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >> On 7/29/2025 8:28 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>> On 7/29/25 5:34 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >>>> On 7/29/2025 3:37 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:   
   >>>>> Many times already olcott has claimed to have a proof.   
   >>>>> Each time again it turned out that there was no proof.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Op 28.jul.2025 om 18:13 schreef olcott:   
   >>>>>>    
   >>>>>>      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>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> To make this easier to understand we replace line three   
   >>>>>> with the more conventional terminology this line:   
   >>>>>> "cannot possibly reach its own simulated final halt state then"   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Which changes the meaning of the sentence, so you can no longer   
   >>>>> claim that Sipser agreed to it.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> In addition not-reaching the halt state can have more reasons than   
   >>>>> a non-halting sequence of instructions. E.g.: a computer being   
   >>>>> switched off, a simulation aborted.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> This is you not paying close enough attention to the exact   
   >>>> words that I exactly said.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I did not say: DOES NOT REACH ITS FINAL STATE (might have been aborted)   
   >>>> I said: CANNOT POSSIBLY REACH ITS FINAL STATE (aborted or not)   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 10/14/2022 7:44 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I don't think that is the shell game.  PO really /has/ an H (it's   
   >>>>>>> trivial to do for this one case) that correctly determines that P(P)   
   >>>>>>> *would* never stop running *unless* aborted.  He knows and   
   >>>>>>> accepts that   
   >>>>>>> P(P) actually does stop.  The wrong answer is justified by what   
   >>>>>>> would   
   >>>>>>> happen if H (and hence a different P) where not what they   
   >>>>>>> actually are.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Saying that H is required report on the behavior of   
   >>>>>> machine M is a category error.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Turing machines cannot directly report on the behavior   
   >>>>>> of other Turing machines they can at best indirectly   
   >>>>>> report on the behavior of Turing machines through the   
   >>>>>> proxy of finite string machine descriptions such as ⟨M⟩.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Thus the behavior specified by the input finite string   
   >>>>>> overrules and supersedes the behavior of the direct   
   >>>>>> execution.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> No, because there is no difference between the specification of the   
   >>>>> input and the direct execution.   
   >>>> *I have proven this to be counter-factual*   
   >>>>   
   >>>> HHH(DDD) must simulate itself simulating DDD because DDD calls HHH(DDD)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> HHH1(DDD) must NOT simulate itself simulating DDD because DDD DOES   
   >>>> NOT CALL HHH1(DDD)   --- [same behavior as direct execution]   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> The problem is since you HHH *DOES* abort,   
   >> void Infinite_Recursion()   
   >> {   
   >>    Infinite_Recursion();   
   >>    return;   
   >> }   
   >>   
   >> void Infinite_Loop()   
   >> {   
   >>    HERE: goto HERE;   
   >>    return;   
   >> }   
   >>   
   >> As it always does as soon as it correctly determines   
   >> that there exists no N steps of correct simulation   
   >> that can possibly reach the "return" instruction final   
   >> halt state.   
   >>   
   >   
   > But their is a N number of steps of the correct simulation of DDD that   
   > cause it to halt,   
   Again you are a fucking liar. You know that halting is   
   reaching a final halt state and nothing else is halting.   
   When 0 to infinity steps of DDD are correctly simulated   
   by HHH no simulated DDD ever halts.   
      
      
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