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|    I am first to have fully refuted the Hal    |
|    06 Dec 25 06:16:49    |
      XPost: comp.theory, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/6/2025 1:34 AM, dart200 wrote:       > On 12/5/25 5:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >> On 12/4/25 3:22 AM, dart200 wrote:       >>> keep in mind: all real TMs exist, undecidable machines do not exist.       >>       >> But "Undecidability" isn't about a particular "machine", but about a       >> general problem, a total MAPPING of the (infinite) set of inputs to       >> there respective output. It is the statement that there can not exist       >> a "Program" (as defined by the theory, which are finite definite       >> algorithms) that can recreate the mapping.       >>       >> For halting, every given program is know to either halt or not, the       >> problem is to be able to universally give that answer correctly in       >> finite time. THAT can't be done (universally, i.e. for any possible       >> input machine).       >>       >>>       >>> see, if we do not have a general halting decider then there must be       >>> some input machine L, which is the first machine in the full       >>> enumeration who's halting semantics cannot be decided up for some       >>> kind of semantics (like halting).       >>       >> No, it means that for every machine in that enumeration, there is a       >> machine that it will give a wrong answer to (or fail to answer), and       >       > let me boil this down:       >       > all "proven" examples of what are actually hypothetical machines that       > could not be decided upon, not only do not exist, they actually could       > not exist... and therefore they *do not* and *will not* come up in a       > full enumeration of machines       >       > so what is the *real* example of a machine that demonstrably cannot be       > decided upon???       >       > if you tell me: look at these hypothetical undecidable machine that       > cannot exist, but from that we can just extrapolate *real* forms of such       > machines that certainly can exist ... ???       >       > but like ok, if ur so certain they *must* exist, what is an example of       > one???       >       > i'm not buying this whole if hypotheticals can be presented, then       > certainly *real* variations of it exist ... where else would       > hypothesizing about something just like fucking imply non-hypothetical       > forms of it actually exist as real constructs???       >       >> what that input machine is, can very well differ depending on which       >> machine in the enumeration you are looking at.       >>       >>>       >>> well, first off: all the proofs for undecidability use purely       >>> hypothetical machines, which then are declared to not exist, so none       >>> of those machines could be *real* machine L.       >>       >> Not "ALL", but the classic one. and the input derived WOULD BE a real       >> machine if the decider it was built on was an actual machine.       >>       >>>       >>> so what is this proposed non-hypothetical *real* machine L that then       >>> cannot be decided?       >>       >> But that isn't the claim. It isn't that there is a specific machine L       >> that can't be decided, and in fact, there can't be such a machine, as       >> there are two poor deciders, we can all Yes, and No, that always       >> answer for every input their given answer, ONE of those MUST be right,       >> so there can not be a single specific machine that all get wrong.       >>       >> That idea is just part of Peter Olcotts stupidity and misunderstanding.       >>       >>>       >>> and could that machine L even exist?       >>>       >>> let's say someone found that limit L and demonstrated this property       >>> that it cannot be decided upon by a halting decider ... but then next       >>> step in undecidable proofs is to declare the machine's non-existence,       >>> because an undecidable machine is also not a deterministic machine,       >>> which ultimately contradicts the fact that this limit machine L was       >>> suppose to actually *exist*, so how could it ever exist?       >>>       >>> and if the limit machine L does not actually exist, then how are TM       >>> semantics not generally decidable???       >>>       >>> good god guys, it's so tiring arguing against what is seemingly       >>> irreconcilable nonsense. but bring it on my dudes, how do u think i'm       >>> wrong this time???       >>>       >>       >> And your problem he is you are working on the wrong problem, because       >> "someone" has spewed out so much misinformaiton that he has reduced       >> the intelligence of the world.       >       > no bro, please read this carefully: these really are my own thots that       > i've mostly developed on my own without much external validation       > anywhere. polcott is an interesting character, but we haven't yet seen       > eye to eye enough for much influence to happen either way       >       > unlike polcott, i'm personally not sure what to do about godel's       > incompleteness, and i'm not making claims about it because it's just       > outside the scope i'm trying to address       >       > i'm trying to address the theory of computing, not math as a whole       >       >>       >> The problem isn't that some given machine can't be decided if it halts       >> or not, but that for every machine that claims to be a decider, there       >> will be an input for which it gives the wrong answer, or it fails to       >> answers.       >       > i know this is hard to really consider:       >       > what is an example of a *real machine that exists*, where this behavior       > demonstrably happens???       >       > sure you can throw around hypothetical examples of undecidable machines       > all day long, i've spent a lot of time considering them myself, probably       > more than you actually...       >       > but like what about a *real* machine, that *actually exists*???       >       >>       >> Now, a side effect of this fact, it becomes true that there exists       >> some machine/input combinations that we can not know if they halt or       >> not, but another side effect of this is we can't tell if a given       >> machine is one of them, as by definition any machine we can't know if       >> it halts or not, must be non-halting, as any halting machine can be       >> proven to halt, just by running it for enough steps.       >       > honestly richard, i think i just stumbled right into a core       > contradiction baked into the theory of computing that has gone almost       > entirely unnoticed besides a few "cranks" on the internet,       >       > none of which have put it so succinctly like i've done so in the last day       >              It looks like I am first to have fully refuted the Halting Problem       and Gödel's Incompleteness. They are both in the same paper.              https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398375553_Halting_Probl       m_Proof_Counter-Example_is_Isomorphic_to_the_Liar_Paradox              --       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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