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   olcott to Kaz Kylheku   
   Re: The halting problem is incorrect two   
   27 Nov 25 08:59:41   
   
   XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/27/2025 12:51 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-27, olcott  wrote:   
   >> On 11/26/2025 10:15 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-27, olcott  wrote:   
   >>>> On 11/26/2025 8:00 PM, Python wrote:   
   >>>>>> Kaz is saying that he can "resume" a simulation   
   >>>>>> that has just proved that it will never stop   
   >>>>>> running to a different machine state to "prove"   
   >>>>>> that this simulation does stop running.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> He is right.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> He is resuming a simulation that he already admitted   
   >>>> that he conclusively proved is non-halting to contradict   
   >>>   
   >>> What? I did not. You must be brandishing your second   
   >>> grade level reading comprehension again.   
   >>>   
   >>>> himself and prove that it is halting by "resuming" this   
   >>>> simulation at a different machine state.   
   >>>   
   >>> The simulation is resumed at exactly the simulation's   
   >>> current state as it was left behind when the decider   
   >>> stopped stepping it.   
   >>   
   >> Unless it is the total machine state it is cheating.   
   >   
   > You idiot, what you are proposing is to turn back time over   
   > the entire apparatus. That will would create an instant loop, like in   
   > time-travel science fiction.   
   >   
      
   What I am proposing is that proceeding beyond this point is nuts   
      
   On 11/4/2025 8:43 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:   
    > On 2025-11-05, olcott  wrote:   
    >>   
    >> ...D simulated by H cannot possibly reach its own   
    >> simulated "return" statement...   
    >   
    > Yes; this doesn't happen while H is running.   
    >   
      
      
      
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