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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
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      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/30/2025 12:57 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 12/30/25 11:15 AM, olcott wrote:       >> On 12/30/2025 9:14 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>> On 12/30/25 9:52 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>> On 12/30/2025 8:32 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>> On 12/30/25 12:33 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>> On 12/29/2025 10:50 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>> On 12/29/25 11:35 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>> On 12/29/2025 9:51 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>> On 12/29/25 6:28 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/2025 5:06 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/25 4:38 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> There exists a sequence of inference steps from       >>>>>>>>>>>> the axioms of a formal system that prove that       >>>>>>>>>>>> they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> Right, there is an INFININTE string of inference steps in the       >>>>>>>>>>> base theory that shows that no FINITE string of inference       >>>>>>>>>>> steps to show it.       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> Rene Descartes said: "I think therefore I never existed".       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> In other words, you are just showing that you don't know what       >>>>>>>>> you are talking about and thus going into non-sense,       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition       >>>>>>>> which asserts its own unprovability. 15 … (Gödel 1931:40-41)       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Yes, you have said this before, and I have explained it, but       >>>>>>> apparently you can't read.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> Correctly paraphrased as:       >>>>>>>> a sequence of inference steps from axioms       >>>>>>>> that assert that they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Nope, as I have pointed out, you have missed the context, because       >>>>>>> you are so stupid.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> a proposition which asserts its own unprovability.       >>>>>       >>>>> a proposition who has a meaning in the meta-system talking about       >>>>> its provability in the base system.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true"       >>>> the outer sentence is true because the inner sentence       >>>> is semantically incoherent.       >>>>       >>>>       >>>>> You just ignore context as that is just to complicated for you.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> I focus on the details that everyone else has been       >>>> indoctrinated to ignore.       >>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> The proof of such an propostion within the same       >>>>>> formal system would require a sequence of inference       >>>>>> steps that prove that they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>       >>>>> Which just shows you don't understand the concept of Formal       >>>>> Systems, and their meta-systems.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true"       >>>> the outer sentence is true because the inner sentence       >>>> is semantically incoherent.       >>>       >>> In other words, you can't talk about the sentence you want to talk       >>> about, so you do to soething irrelevent.       >>>       >>       >> Exactly the opposite Incompleteness and Undefinability       >> dishonestly dodge the fact the their actual sentences       >> are incoherent by using the meta-level.       >       > And what is incoherent about using a meta-level.       >       > All a mete-level is, is to build a new Formal System, based on the base       > system that knows the basic properties of the base system.       >       > For instance, the Rational Numbers can be considers a "meta" of the       > Integeres.       >       >>       >> This meta-level is correct to state that these sentences       >> are not provable and not true.       >>       >> The meta-level never looks at why they are unprovable       >> and untrue. They are unprovable and untrue BECAUSE they       >> are semantically incoherent.       >       > No, the sentence of G was specifically constructed to have a coherent       > meaning in the base system, but you just are too stupid to understand that.       >              Why do you lie about this? Does lying give you cheap thrill?              ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which asserts its own       unprovability. 15 … (Gödel 1931:40-41)              Gödel, Kurt 1931.       On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica And       Related Systems                     > THe statment G, in the base system, as well as in the meta system is the       > claim that there exists no natural number g that satisifies a particular       > mathematical property expresses as a primative recursive relationship.       >       > The mathematics of that is fully coherent in the base system, and WILL       > have an answer of either yes or no, even if that system might not be       > able to compute that answer.       >       > In the meta-system, because of how the relationship was created, we see       > that in adds meaning from the base system into numbers that inherently       > only mean themselves. Just like we can form words with meaning from       > letters that have no inherent meaning.       >       > It seems you don't even understand how "meaning" works, so your core is       > based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what you talk about.       >       >>       >> The proper treatment is to toss these sentences out as       >> incoherent. The proper treatment is not to create a       >> meta-level that simply ignores this incoherence.       >       > But they aren't.       >       > I guess to you, mathematics is just incoherent, and logic has to be kept       > primative.       >       > In other words, you are just too stupid to be in the field.       >       >>       >> Tarski's metatheory Tarski's theory       >> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true" is true       >       > You just don't understand what Tarski is saying, as his proof build on       > the concept that Godel uses, and Tarski shows that if we assume the       > existance of a predicate "True" that will return True if its input       > sentance is actually True, but False otherwise (either the contradiction       > of the sentence is true, so it is false, or the sentence doesn't have a              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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