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|    Re: I am first to have fully refuted the    |
|    06 Dec 25 11:00:30    |
      XPost: comp.theory, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy, sci.math       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/6/2025 10:41 AM, dart200 wrote:       > On 12/6/25 4:16 AM, olcott wrote:       >> 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_Problem_Proof_Counter-              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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