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|    olcott to Tristan Wibberley    |
|    =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_readers_are_conned_into_    |
|    30 Dec 25 14:35:29    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/30/2025 2:22 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:       > On 30/12/2025 14:32, olcott wrote:       >       >> G := (F ⊬ G)       >> a sequence of inference steps in F from the axioms       >> of F that assert that they themselves do not exist in F.       >       > You suppose that's what the symbols mean. Yet you know that supposition       > is inadmissible per-Se. Cognitive dissonance in action.       >              The symbols *mean* a self-contradictory expression of language       the same sort of thing as: "this sentence is not true".              > You rely on the delusion that the internal sensation of defining a       > symbol actually has that effect on your mindspace and also on the       > continued hallucination that the symbol is then stably so defined when       > you later introspect your mind-space.       >                     --       Copyright 2025 Olcott |
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