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   Message 57,799 of 59,235   
   olcott to Richard Damon   
   Re: There are zero chances in Hell that    
   03 Aug 25 21:48:00   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/3/2025 9:24 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   > On 8/3/25 9:53 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >> On 8/3/2025 8:22 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>> On 8/3/25 6:24 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/3/2025 12:13 PM, wij wrote:   
   >>>>> On Mon, 2025-08-04 at 00:45 +0800, wij wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Sun, 2025-08-03 at 11:13 -0500, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>> On 8/3/2025 11:00 AM, wij wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> On Sun, 2025-08-03 at 10:29 -0500, olcott wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Self-reference has been the focus of my primary research   
   >>>>>>>>> into the philosophy of:   
   >>>>>>>>> (a) logic   
   >>>>>>>>> (b) computation and   
   >>>>>>>>> (c) math for 22 years.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I began with the Liar Paradox.   
   >>>>>>>>> That is why I own the domain LiarParadox.org.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ?- LP = not(true(LP)).   
   >>>>>>>>> LP = not(true(LP)).   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ?- unify_with_occurs_check(LP, not(true(LP))).   
   >>>>>>>>> false.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Just like Prolog correctly detects and rejects   
   >>>>>>>>> the infinitely recursive structure of the Liar   
   >>>>>>>>> Paradox HHH(DD) correctly detects and rejects   
   >>>>>>>>> the infinitely recursive structure of its input.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I had explicitly put it in ClassGuidelines.txt to suggest 'self-   
   >>>>>>>> reference' is   
   >>>>>>>> impossible to detect in (TM equvilent) programming langage.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> *Yet the equivalent of self-reference is detectable*   
   >>>>>>> HHH does not know its own machine address so it cannot tell   
   >>>>>>> that DDD is actually calling itself. What it sees is that DDD   
   >>>>>>> is calling the same function with the same parameter twice   
   >>>>>>> in sequence.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So, is HHH a function? Can a function D4 call it?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> void D4() {   
   >>>>>    HHH(D4);   
   >>>>> }   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Will HHH be stuck in infinite recursion?   
   >>>>> How do you conclude HHH(D4)=0 is correct?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> _D4()   
   >>>> [000021c3] 55             push ebp   
   >>>> [000021c4] 8bec           mov ebp,esp   
   >>>> [000021c6] 68c3210000     push 000021c3 // push D4   
   >>>> [000021cb] e8f3f3ffff     call 000015c3 // call HHH   
   >>>> [000021d0] 83c404         add esp,+04   
   >>>> [000021d3] 5d             pop ebp   
   >>>> [000021d4] c3             ret   
   >>>> Size in bytes:(0018) [000021d4]   
   >>>>   
   >>>> D4 correctly emulated by HHH cannot possibly get   
   >>>> past its own machine address [000021cb] thus the   
   >>>> input to HHH(D4) does specify non-halting behavior   
   >>>> no matter what the D4() that is not an input does.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Nope. As if HHH ever returns an answer because it doesn't do the   
   >>> correct simulation and aborts, D4 will be halting.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Like always you remain a despicable lying scumbag and change   
   >> the words that I said as the basis of your rebuttal.   
   >   
   > Only changing them to the definitions of the problem from your lies   
   > about it.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> I really sincerely hope that this does not get you condemned   
   >> to Hell. You certainly don't deserve that.   
   >>   
   >   
   > No, the problem that you don't understand is that the words you use have   
   > a defined meaning, and in particular,   
   Yes the words that I said do have a defined meaning   
   in the x86 language and you deny this only because   
   you are a despicable scumbag liar.   
      
      
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