XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 25/11/2025 21:27, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:   
      
   > I bet he thinks his knowledge base even contains   
   > the methods of alien races   
      
   Not the methods, but the knowledge. A system whose formation rules   
   generate all statements contains those statements. You know,   
   shakespeare, infinite monkeys, etc...   
      
   He didn't say they were its axioms!   
      
   No one ever said Olcott wasn't a superb troll. He posts his big claims   
   with precision and the most delicate, patient, noiseless irony.   
      
      
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