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|    olcott to Kaz Kylheku    |
|    Re: Done with Olcott. --- Kaz cannot thi    |
|    29 Nov 25 14:56:46    |
      [continued from previous message]              > This is not referenced in the stanford.edu paper you cited,       > (nor would such garbage ever be).       >       >>> Diagonalization presupposes that there is a table. The table       >>> combines somethng from the rows and columns and only certain       >>> combinations are diagonal.       >>       >> It hides all the of underlying semantic details and       >> leaps to a conclusion.       >       > The diagonal method and its table shows what you choose to put in it;       > it's a tool.       >       > What you are saying is tripe, like that a hammer and nail hide the       > underlying semantic details of how a 2x4 ends up holding up drywall.       >       >>> "This sentence is false" just doesn't have the moving parts       >>> and pieces in it.       >>>       >>       >> Google [Olcott's Minimal Type Theory]       >> LP := ~True(LP) // LP says of itself that it is not true       >       > This is equivalent to the Liar Paradox, but it not expressed       > in the same way using a pronoun.       >       > Neither are using diagonalization. You need to identfy separate       > abstractions that combine together in various kinds of pairs, only a       > subset of which are along the diagonal trace, where the paradox happens.       >       > A hammer may drive a nail, but it's not a nail gun.       >       > Just because you have defined a Liar sentence somehow doesn't       > mean diagonalization was used.       >              All pathological self-reference is inherently       semantically unsound.              --       Copyright 2025 Olcott              My 28 year goal has been to make       "true on the basis of meaning" computable.              This required establishing a new foundation       for correct reasoning.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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