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|    olcott to Mikko    |
|    Re: The halting problem is incorrect two    |
|    04 Dec 25 08:15:10    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/4/2025 3:17 AM, Mikko wrote:       > olcott kirjoitti 3.12.2025 klo 18.27:       >> On 12/3/2025 5:34 AM, Mikko wrote:       >>> olcott kirjoitti 2.12.2025 klo 16.14:       >>>>       >>>> Flibble was the first one to use this term that I am aware of.       >       > It does not matter who first used the term here.       > ...       >>> Anyway, any claim that a problem contradict something is       >>> a category error because the meanings of "problem" and       >>> "contradict" are not compatible.       >>       >> When the halting problem contradicts the definition       >> of a Turing machine decider       >       > A contradiction means that all claims of some set cannot be true. It       > is a category error to apply the term "contradiction" to non-claims.       > Examples of non-claims are problem and definition. An example of       > category error is "the halting problem contradicts the definition of       > a Turing machine decider".       >              The halting problem contradicts the definition       of a Turing machine decider proving that it is       wrong because the definition of a Turing machine       decider is foundational.                     --       Copyright 2025 Olcott              My 28 year goal has been to make       "true on the basis of meaning" computable.              This required establishing a new foundation       for correct reasoning.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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