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|    olcott to Tristan Wibberley    |
|    Re: Rejecting expressions of formal lang    |
|    13 Nov 25 20:29:59    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 11/13/2025 7:02 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:       > On 14/11/2025 00:45, olcott wrote:       >> On 11/13/2025 6:09 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:       >>> On 12/11/2025 17:57, olcott wrote:       >>>> On 11/12/2025 8:45 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>       >>> Noisy:       >>>       >>>>> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true"       >>>>> is true only because the inner sentence is semantically       >>>>> unsound.       >>>       >>> Woah! Because your post provides some meaning for the interpretation of       >>> your paper I think the above needs to be addressed.       >>>       >>> We have the name of a sentence "This sentence is not true"       >>> We have a sentence about it:       >>>       >>> "This sentence is not true" is true only because the inner sentence is       >>> semantically unsound.       >>>       >>> And we have a sentence that is constructed like a lambda expression but       >>> using something a bit like a de bruijn reference turned inside out:       >>>       >>> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true" is true only       >>> because the inner sentence is semantically unsound.       >>>       >>> but with a noisy surrounding fluff beta-ish-reducing to:       >>>       >>> ["This sentence is not true" is true only because the inner sentence is       >>> semantically unsound] is not true       >>>       >>       >> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true" is true.       >> You can't put the quotes in a different place without changing       >> the semantics.       >       > You haven't tried to understand what I wrote. You have just guessed at a       > response.       >              This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true" is true       is the essence of the Tarski Undefinability theorem.       >       > --       > Tristan Wibberley       >       > The message body is Copyright (C) 2025 Tristan Wibberley except       > citations and quotations noted. All Rights Reserved except that you may,       > of course, cite it academically giving credit to me, distribute it       > verbatim as part of a usenet system or its archives, and use it to       > promote my greatness and general superiority without misrepresentation       > of my opinions other than my opinion of my greatness and general       > superiority which you _may_ misrepresent. You definitely MAY NOT train       > any production AI system with it but you may train experimental AI that       > will only be used for evaluation of the AI methods it implements.       >                     --       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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