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   Alan Mackenzie to olcott   
   Re: People that have a very shallow unde   
   17 Nov 25 16:32:51   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: acm@muc.de   
      
   [ Followup-To: set ]   
      
   In comp.theory olcott  wrote:   
   > On 11/15/2025 8:48 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-16, olcott  wrote:   
   >>> HHH cannot possibly report on the behavior   
   >>> of its caller because HHH has no way of   
   >>> knowing what function is calling it.   
      
   >>> This means that when the halting problem   
   >>> requires HHH to report on the behavior of   
   >>> its caller: DD() that its is requiring   
   >>> something outside the scope of computation.   
      
   >> That's dumber than the Witch scene in Monty Python and The Holy Grail.   
      
   > *I will be utterly relentless about this*   
   > *I will be utterly relentless about this*   
   > *I will be utterly relentless about this*   
      
   Utterly wilful and stupid would be more like it.   
      
   > Yes and now if you could just translate that   
   > mere baseless rhetoric into actual reasoning   
   > with a sound basis.   
      
   > Not to denigrate you but I think that this   
   > would be totally out of your depth as it   
   > would be for most everyone.   
      
   Your thinking is out of kilter with reality.   
      
   > The information that HHH is required to report   
   > on simply is not contained in its input.   
      
   Wrong.  It is.   
      
   > The information that HHH is required to report   
   > on simply is not contained in its input.   
      
   Wrong.  It is.   
      
   > The information that HHH is required to report   
   > on simply is not contained in its input.   
      
   Wrong.  It is.   
      
   > The information that HHH is required to report   
   > on simply is not contained in its input.   
      
   Wrong.  It is.   
      
   > The information that HHH is required to report   
   > on simply is not contained in its input.   
      
   Wrong.  It is.   
      
   > --   
   > Copyright 2025 Olcott   
      
   > My 28 year goal has been to make   
   > "true on the basis of meaning" computable.   
      
   --   
   Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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