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|    Re: a subset of Turing machines can stil    |
|    23 Jan 26 11:14:13    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 1/23/2026 10:29 AM, dart200 wrote:       > On 1/23/26 2:19 AM, olcott wrote:       >> On 1/22/2026 11:21 PM, dart200 wrote:       >>> On 1/22/26 3:58 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>> It is self-evident that a subset of Turing machines       >>>> can be Turing complete entirely on the basis of the       >>>> meaning of the words.       >>>>       >>>> Every machine that performs the same set of       >>>> finite string transformations on the same inputs       >>>> and produces the same finite string outputs from       >>>> these inputs is equivalent by definition and thus       >>>> redundant in the set of Turing complete computations.       >>>>       >>>> Can we change the subject now?       >>>>       >>>       >>> no because perhaps isolating out non-paradoxical machine may prove a       >>> turing-complete subset of machines with no decision paradoxes,       >>> removing a core pillar in the undecidability arguments.       >>>       >>       >> FYI, five LLMs have all agreed that I have conquered that.       >       > but no humans have and that's what actually counts       >              It really does seem to me that I am a human.              >>       >>> sure maybe that's not the only pillar ... but it's the pillar that       >>> was known about and used the most, so if it was invalid that should       >>> indeed be very exciting       >>>       >>       >       >                     --       Copyright 2026 Olcott |
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