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   Tristan Wibberley to olcott   
   Re: Computation and Undecidability   
   11 Jan 26 21:28:40   
   
   From: tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk   
      
   On 11/01/2026 18:12, olcott wrote:   
   > On 1/11/2026 8:39 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:   
      
   >> What does "officially accepted" mean?   
   >   
   > Basically a broad consensus of conventional wisdom   
   > agrees that the Liar Paradox is an open question   
   > that has never been resolved.   
      
   "Officially" doesn't refer to any consensus nor to any convention. It's   
   basically the opposite of consensus and convention; that's the purpose   
   of the word.   
      
   If Princeton has a position statement on it, maybe that would do.   
      
      
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