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   olcott to All   
   Re: Busy Beaver and Theory Consistency -   
   02 Dec 25 17:32:51   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/2/2025 5:13 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   > On 12/2/25 3:05 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >> On 12/2/2025 4:44 PM, dart200 wrote:   
   >>> bruh it's get even weirder when the likes of scott aaronson try to   
   >>> construct weird ass proofs to demonstrate when BB exactly becomes "to   
   >>> complex" and exceeds the bounds of "decidability" ...   
   >>>   
   >>> which is just fucking absurd tbh   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Busy beaver quickly consumes more memory than atoms   
   >> in the universe.   
   >   
   > *known/observable* universe, not that fundamental math is concerned with   
   > such considerations   
   >   
      
   Einstein proposed the possibility of a finite   
   yet unbounded universe. That would entail a   
   finite number of total atoms in the universe   
   and a bunch of empty space.   
      
   I read his paper before I finished high school.   
   The Busy Beaver cannot possibly make any   
   difference and should be discarded on that basis.   
      
   On the other hand the nature of truth itself   
   could make a difference whether or not life   
   on Earth continues to survive.   
      
   --   
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