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   olcott to Richard Damon   
   Re: Proof that the halting problem is in   
   27 Dec 25 18:38:29   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/27/2025 5:16 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   > On 12/27/25 5:45 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >> On 12/27/2025 4:38 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>> On 12/27/25 5:16 PM, olcott wrote:>>>>   
   >>>> You just can't comprehend that knowledge is   
   >>>> structured in an acyclic directed graph.   
   >>>   
   >>> Nope, it is cyclic,   
   >>   
   >> Show a concrete example of knowledge itself being cyclic.   
   >   
   > Try to define ANY word, and the words used to define it, and so one till   
   > you get to a word that just is without a defintion.   
   >   
   > You will always eventually cycle back to a word you have already used.   
   >   
      
   Give me an actual word that does this.   
      
      
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