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|    olcott to Kaz Kylheku    |
|    Re: Never any actual rebuttal to HHH(DD)    |
|    29 Oct 25 11:12:27    |
      [continued from previous message]              >> ignoring it.       >       > So does that reality provide an algorithm to decide the       > halting of any machine, or not?       >              Whenever the input P does not try to cheat by calling       its own decider H the simulation of this input by this       decider is the same as UTM(P).              >>> Do I use 10 different certified deciders, and take a majority vote?       >>>       >>       >> sum(3,4) computes the sum of 3+4 even if       >> the sum of 5+6 is required from sum(3,4).       >>       >> Whatever behavior is measured by the decider's       >> simulation of its input *is* the behavior that       >> it must report on.       >       > That's the internallhy focused discussion. How are you       > solving the end user's demand for halting decision?       >              Practical workarounds are outside of the scope of       theoretical limits. If I started talking about those       now I would never get closure on theoretical limits.              >>       >>> But the function which combines 10 deciders into a majority vote       >>> is itself a decider! And that 10-majority-decider function can be       >>> targeted by a diagonal test case ... and such a test case is now       >>> a non-input. See?       >>>       >>>>> You are not looking at it from the perspective of a /consumer/ of a       >>>>> /decider product/ actually trying to use deciders and trust their       >>>>> answer.       >>>>       >>>> Whatever is a correct simulation of an input by       >>>> a decider is the behavior that must be reported on.       >>>       >>> But how does the user interpret that result?       >>       >> The the input to this decider specifies a sequence       >> that cannot possibly reach its final halt state.       >       > But you have inputs for which that is reported, which       > readily halt when they are executed.       >              Whenever the input P does not try to cheat by calling       its own decider H the simulation of this input by this       decider is the same as UTM(P).              > Don't you think the user wants to know /that/, and not what happens       > under the decider (if that is different)?       >              As far as theoretical limits goes the user can either       face reality or be out-of-touch with reality.              >>> The user just wants to know, does this thing halt or not?       >>       >> The user may equally want a purely imaginary       >> Turing machine to bake a birthday cake.       >>       >>> How does it answer the user's question?       >>       >> As far as theoretical limitations go I have addressed       >> them.       >       > By address, do you mean remove?       >              The halting problem has always been incorrect, so just       like ZFC eliminated Russell's Paradox I have eliminated       the halting problem.              >> Practical workarounds can be addressed after I       >> am published and my work is accepted.       >       > Workarounds for what? You've left something unsolved in halting; what is       > that?       >                     --       Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius       hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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