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   Message 58,010 of 59,235   
   Alan Mackenzie to olcott   
   Re: Halting problem proof converted to L   
   10 Oct 25 18:49:56   
   
   XPost: comp.theory   
   From: acm@muc.de   
      
   [ Followup-To: set ]   
      
   In comp.theory olcott  wrote:   
   > The non-philosophical position is to take conventional   
   > wisdom as the infallible word of God and to consider   
   > any challenges to this mere conventional view as a sort   
   > of blasphemy to be ridiculed.   
      
   No, not blasphemy, just stupidity.  The circle squarers, angle trisectors   
   and cube duplicators are not blasphemous, just stupid.  Their   
   intelligence doesn't reach the level needed to appreciate their ignorance   
   of the pertinent proven mathematics.   
      
   To those can be added the halting problemists.   
      
   > --   
   > Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius   
   > hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer   
      
   --   
   Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).   
      
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