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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_readers_are_conned_into_    |
|    30 Dec 25 13:13:10    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.math, comp.ai.philosophy       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/30/2025 1:10 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 12/30/25 2:01 PM, olcott wrote:       >> On 12/30/2025 12:57 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>> On 12/30/25 11:15 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>> On 12/30/2025 9:14 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>> On 12/30/25 9:52 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>> On 12/30/2025 8:32 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>> On 12/30/25 12:33 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>> On 12/29/2025 10:50 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>> On 12/29/25 11:35 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/2025 9:51 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/25 6:28 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/2025 5:06 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/29/25 4:38 PM, olcott wrote:       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> There exists a sequence of inference steps from       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> the axioms of a formal system that prove that       >>>>>>>>>>>>>> they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>> Right, there is an INFININTE string of inference steps in       >>>>>>>>>>>>> the base theory that shows that no FINITE string of       >>>>>>>>>>>>> inference steps to show it.       >>>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> Rene Descartes said: "I think therefore I never existed".       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> There is no sequence of inference steps that       >>>>>>>>>>>> prove they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>>>> That is all that Gödel ever proved.       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>> In other words, you are just showing that you don't know what       >>>>>>>>>>> you are talking about and thus going into non-sense,       >>>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition       >>>>>>>>>> which asserts its own unprovability. 15 … (Gödel 1931:40-41)       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> Yes, you have said this before, and I have explained it, but       >>>>>>>>> apparently you can't read.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>>> Correctly paraphrased as:       >>>>>>>>>> a sequence of inference steps from axioms       >>>>>>>>>> that assert that they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>> Nope, as I have pointed out, you have missed the context,       >>>>>>>>> because you are so stupid.       >>>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> a proposition which asserts its own unprovability.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> a proposition who has a meaning in the meta-system talking about       >>>>>>> its provability in the base system.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true"       >>>>>> the outer sentence is true because the inner sentence       >>>>>> is semantically incoherent.       >>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>>> You just ignore context as that is just to complicated for you.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> I focus on the details that everyone else has been       >>>>>> indoctrinated to ignore.       >>>>>>       >>>>>>>>       >>>>>>>> The proof of such an propostion within the same       >>>>>>>> formal system would require a sequence of inference       >>>>>>>> steps that prove that they themselves do not exist.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>> Which just shows you don't understand the concept of Formal       >>>>>>> Systems, and their meta-systems.       >>>>>>>       >>>>>>       >>>>>> This sentence is not true: "This sentence is not true"       >>>>>> the outer sentence is true because the inner sentence       >>>>>> is semantically incoherent.       >>>>>       >>>>> In other words, you can't talk about the sentence you want to talk       >>>>> about, so you do to soething irrelevent.       >>>>>       >>>>       >>>> Exactly the opposite Incompleteness and Undefinability       >>>> dishonestly dodge the fact the their actual sentences       >>>> are incoherent by using the meta-level.       >>>       >>> And what is incoherent about using a meta-level.       >>>       >>> All a mete-level is, is to build a new Formal System, based on the       >>> base system that knows the basic properties of the base system.       >>>       >>> For instance, the Rational Numbers can be considers a "meta" of the       >>> Integeres.       >>>       >>>>       >>>> This meta-level is correct to state that these sentences       >>>> are not provable and not true.       >>>>       >>>> The meta-level never looks at why they are unprovable       >>>> and untrue. They are unprovable and untrue BECAUSE they       >>>> are semantically incoherent.       >>>       >>> No, the sentence of G was specifically constructed to have a coherent       >>> meaning in the base system, but you just are too stupid to understand       >>> that.       >>>       >>       >> Why do you lie about this? Does lying give you cheap thrill?       >>       >> ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which asserts its       >> own unprovability. 15 … (Gödel 1931:40-41)       >       > And where does this say that is what the sentence is in the base system?       >              That |
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