• Re: ChatGPT totally understands exactly how I refuted the conventional

    From Mike Terry@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 00:21:35 2025
    On 21/06/2025 23:48, olcott wrote:
    int DD()
    {
    � int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    � if (Halt_Status)
    ��� HERE: goto HERE;
    � return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.


    Is that the ChatGPT that does the peer reviewing for submissions for Proceedings of the London
    Mathematical Society?

    Seems like you're nearly there at last!

    Mike.

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  • From Alan Mackenzie@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 04:01:21 2025
    In comp.theory olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    int DD()
    {
    int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    if (Halt_Status)
    HERE: goto HERE;
    return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    That's neither here nor there. The plain fact is you have NOT refuted
    any proof technique. How could you, you don't even understand what is
    meant by proof?

    You have merely deluded yourself, spending year after year failing to understand the simplest elements of computation theory, something a
    maths or computer science undergraduate grasps in a very few hours at
    most.

    This stuff simply isn't your thing. Instead, you could and should do
    something worthwhile with however much longer you have to live.

    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

    --
    Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 12:32:05 2025
    On 2025-06-21 22:48:01 +0000, olcott said:

    int DD()
    {
    int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    if (Halt_Status)
    HERE: goto HERE;
    return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    If you like to play with ChatGPT you should ask it for
    a solution to the halting problem.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Richard Damon@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 07:23:32 2025
    XPost: sci.logic, sci.math

    On 6/21/25 6:48 PM, olcott wrote:
    int DD()
    {
      int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
      if (Halt_Status)
        HERE: goto HERE;
      return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.


    Just shows your natural stupidity in believing a lie you convinced the artificial inteligence to say.

    Sorry, I guess you natural stupidity extends to the failure to
    understand that AI's are programmed to have no problem with LYING, but
    are really just glorified "Yes Men", who will say what your prompt
    directs them to say.

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  • From Richard Damon@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 17:07:28 2025
    On 6/22/25 10:42 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 6/22/2025 4:32 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-21 22:48:01 +0000, olcott said:

    int DD()
    {
       int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
       if (Halt_Status)
         HERE: goto HERE;
       return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    If you like to play with ChatGPT you should ask it for
    a solution to the halting problem.


    I gave you the link showing exactly what ChatGPT agreed to. https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76


    Which includdes you LYING to ChatGPT that HHH does in fact simulate its
    input until it matches a non-halting pattern, since the pattern you
    claim shows non-halting doesn't in fact show that, as it appear in the
    halting behavior of the direct execution of DDD which you admit halts.

    When you LIE to an AI, your results will likely be wrong.

    Even when you give it the truth, the results are not necessarily true as
    LLM AI doesn't use truth preserving operation.

    So, all you are doing is showing that you can presuade a dumb machine to
    accept your lies.

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  • From Richard Damon@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 17:09:35 2025
    XPost: sci.logic, sci.math

    On 6/22/25 10:46 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 6/22/2025 6:23 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 6/21/25 6:48 PM, olcott wrote:
    int DD()
    {
       int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
       if (Halt_Status)
         HERE: goto HERE;
       return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.


    Just shows your natural stupidity in believing a lie you convinced the
    artificial inteligence to say.

    Sorry, I guess you natural stupidity extends to the failure to
    understand that AI's are programmed to have no problem with LYING, but
    are really just glorified "Yes Men", who will say what your prompt
    directs them to say.


    MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1089403/large-language- models-amazing-but-nobody-knows-why/



    Which doesn't make a claim that their answers are without error.

    You are just too naturally stupid to understand that limitation.

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  • From Richard Damon@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 17:00:04 2025
    On 6/22/25 10:38 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 6/21/2025 11:01 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    In comp.theory olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    int DD()
    {
       int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
       if (Halt_Status)
         HERE: goto HERE;
       return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    That's neither here nor there.  The plain fact is you have NOT refuted
    any proof technique.  How could you, you don't even understand what is
    meant by proof?


    A proof is any sequence of steps such that its conclusion
    can be correctly determined to be necessarily true.

    And must start with KNOWN CORRECT premises, and uses only KNOQN GOOD
    operation.

    Since YOU argument starts with incorrrect definitions, it is not a proof.


    You have merely deluded yourself, spending year after year failing to
    understand the simplest elements of computation theory, something a
    maths or computer science undergraduate grasps in a very few hours at
    most.

    This stuff simply isn't your thing.  Instead, you could and should do
    something worthwhile with however much longer you have to live.


    Then you could find one mistake, so far no one has.

    Sure we have, you just ignore them, as you have demonstrated by your
    presistant refusal to answer the problem

    You have actually admitted to the basic facts that show that your proof
    is just based on pathological lies, and effectively admitted that you
    know that (due to your refusal to answer the refutations).

    Sorry, You do NOT have a "Right to remain silent" when the charge is
    that you statements are wrong, and the basic evidence of that is presented.

    Failure to show the error in that statement is just an admissition that
    you have no response, and are admitting to the error.

    You might be able to make an arguement if you had responded to a number
    of them, and there were a few outstanding, but you have failed to
    respond to the vast majority with anything besides just restating the
    error and claiming it must be right.

    That is just the logical equivalent of a guilty plea.



    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer




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  • From Richard Damon@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 22 21:59:33 2025
    XPost: sci.logic, sci.math

    On 6/22/25 5:30 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 6/22/2025 4:09 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 6/22/25 10:46 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 6/22/2025 6:23 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 6/21/25 6:48 PM, olcott wrote:
    int DD()
    {
       int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
       if (Halt_Status)
         HERE: goto HERE;
       return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.


    Just shows your natural stupidity in believing a lie you convinced
    the artificial inteligence to say.

    Sorry, I guess you natural stupidity extends to the failure to
    understand that AI's are programmed to have no problem with LYING,
    but are really just glorified "Yes Men", who will say what your
    prompt directs them to say.


    MIT Technology Review
    https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1089403/large-language-
    models-amazing-but-nobody-knows-why/



    Which doesn't make a claim that their answers are without error.


    I was not rebutting this and you know it.


    It sure seemed like you were, since you seemed to have been using it as
    a rebuttal to the fact that AI's LIE.

    I guess you are just admitting that a non-sequitor can be used as a
    refutation of an error being pointed out.

    Not understanding how they work is not a good argument that they must be thought of as reliable.

    I guess you are really showing that you have no idea at all about what
    you are talking about.

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Mon Jun 23 10:20:36 2025
    On 2025-06-22 14:42:13 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/22/2025 4:32 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-21 22:48:01 +0000, olcott said:

    int DD()
    {
       int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
       if (Halt_Status)
         HERE: goto HERE;
       return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    If you like to play with ChatGPT you should ask it for
    a solution to the halting problem.

    I gave you the link showing exactly what ChatGPT agreed to. https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76

    What an artificial idiot agrees to is not interesting.
    A solution to the halting problem would be.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Mon Jun 23 10:37:34 2025
    On 2025-06-22 14:38:56 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/21/2025 11:01 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    In comp.theory olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    int DD()
    {
    int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    if (Halt_Status)
    HERE: goto HERE;
    return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    That's neither here nor there. The plain fact is you have NOT refuted
    any proof technique. How could you, you don't even understand what is
    meant by proof?

    A proof is any sequence of steps such that its conclusion
    can be correctly determined to be necessarily true.

    False. There are other requirements. Every sentence of the sequence,
    not just the last one, must either be a premise or follow from
    earlier ones with an acceptable inference rule. Most commonly
    accepted rules are modus ponens and substitution of equals. Modus
    tollens and reduction are often accepted, too.

    The usual purpose of a proof is to convince. Therefore, what is not
    convincing is not a proof or at least not a useful proof.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mike Terry@21:1/5 to olcott on Mon Jun 23 16:26:08 2025
    On 23/06/2025 16:01, olcott wrote:
    On 6/23/2025 2:20 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-22 14:42:13 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/22/2025 4:32 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-21 22:48:01 +0000, olcott said:

    int DD()
    {
    �� int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    �� if (Halt_Status)
    ���� HERE: goto HERE;
    �� return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    If you like to play with ChatGPT you should ask it for
    a solution to the halting problem.

    I gave you the link showing exactly what ChatGPT agreed to.
    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76

    What an artificial idiot agrees to is not interesting.
    A solution to the halting problem would be.


    On 6/21/2025 6:21 PM, Mike Terry wrote:
    Is that the ChatGPT that does the peer reviewing for submissions
    for Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society?

    Seems like you're nearly there at last!

    Mike.

    I have no idea why you quoted me on that, but just for the avoidance of doubt...

    ChatGPT is a chatbot, and /obviously/ does not peer review submissions for any respectable journal -
    because it's a chatbot with no actual understanding of its subject matter, only recognition of
    patterns enabling it to produce plausible sounding responses to requests. I was probably being too
    subtle for you.


    Mike.
    ps. and of course, you're /not/ nearly there, even remotely.



    You said:
    Which version of ChatGPT are you?

    ChatGPT said:
    You're currently chatting with ChatGPT using the GPT-4-turbo model (often referred to as GPT-4o, the
    "omni" model). This is the most advanced model available as of June 2025 and is designed for high
    performance across text, vision, and audio tasks.



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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Jun 24 11:47:49 2025
    On 2025-06-23 15:16:14 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/23/2025 2:37 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-22 14:38:56 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/21/2025 11:01 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    In comp.theory olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    int DD()
    {
    int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    if (Halt_Status)
    HERE: goto HERE;
    return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    That's neither here nor there.  The plain fact is you have NOT refuted >>>> any proof technique.  How could you, you don't even understand what is >>>> meant by proof?

    A proof is any sequence of steps such that its conclusion
    can be correctly determined to be necessarily true.

    False. There are other requirements. Every sentence of the sequence,
    not just the last one, must either be a premise or follow from
    earlier ones with an acceptable inference rule.

    There is a subset of proofs that have this requirement.
    They typically are of the form that a conclusion is
    proved definitely true within a set of assumptions.

    Another form of this same proof only has expressions
    of language known to be true as its premises.

    If the set of the premises is not the same it is not the same proof.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Jun 24 11:39:39 2025
    On 2025-06-23 16:37:53 +0000, olcott said:

    I always interpret expressions of language according
    to the literal base meaning of their words.

    I interprete the above to mean that the author of those words is stupid.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Alan Mackenzie@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Jun 24 16:43:16 2025
    olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/24/2025 3:39 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-23 16:37:53 +0000, olcott said:

    I always interpret expressions of language according
    to the literal base meaning of their words.

    I interprete the above to mean that the author of those words is stupid.


    Counter factual, my IQ is in the top 3%

    Pull the other one!

    Given your demonstrated lack of understanding of abstraction, of what a
    proof is, of so many other things, it is clear to all the regulars in
    this group that your IQ is not "in the top 3%", or anywhere near it.

    It would seem to me you are, yet again, in the words of Sir Robert
    Armstrong, being economical with the truth.

    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

    --
    Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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  • From Alan Mackenzie@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Jun 24 17:39:10 2025
    olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/24/2025 11:43 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/24/2025 3:39 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-23 16:37:53 +0000, olcott said:

    I always interpret expressions of language according
    to the literal base meaning of their words.

    I interprete the above to mean that the author of those words is stupid.


    Counter factual, my IQ is in the top 3%

    Pull the other one!

    Given your demonstrated lack of understanding of abstraction, of what a
    proof is, of so many other things, it is clear to all the regulars in
    this group that your IQ is not "in the top 3%", or anywhere near it.

    It would seem to me you are, yet again, in the words of Sir Robert
    Armstrong, being economical with the truth.

    *I really did get that IQ on the Mensa entrance exam*

    OK, let us be charitable, and suggest that that exam was a very long
    time ago, and that your general intelligence has declined substantially
    in the interval.

    That I am unwilling to accept that textbooks on computer
    science are inherently infallible is the broader minded
    perspective of philosophy of computation.

    That's an inaccurate summary. You're clearly unable to understand these textbooks. If you were able, you'd see that the things they say are necessarily correct, according to clear reasoning from obvious axioms.
    Whether you'd accept these books if you could understand them is more
    the question.

    This requires much more intelligence than simply memorizing a set of
    rules and then mindlessly following these rules.

    It does. Somebody simply memorizing these rules would be unable to pass
    his exams and graduate. To graduate in computer science, and certainly
    in mathematics, requires an ability fluently to manipulate abstractions, something which cannot be done without fundamental understanding.

    You clearly lack this ability and that understanding.

    I don't believe there's any substance behind your "in the top 3%" claim.
    It's at complete odds with what we see you writing in this newsgroup.

    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

    --
    Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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  • From joes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 17:57:47 2025
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt
    decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such *input* was
    ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as
    input.

    --
    Am Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:35:31 +0000 schrieb WM in sci.math:
    It is not guaranteed that n+1 exists for every n.

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  • From Alan Mackenzie@21:1/5 to olcott on Tue Jun 24 18:14:44 2025
    olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/24/2025 12:39 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/24/2025 11:43 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 6/24/2025 3:39 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-23 16:37:53 +0000, olcott said:

    I always interpret expressions of language according
    to the literal base meaning of their words.

    I interprete the above to mean that the author of those words is
    stupid.


    Counter factual, my IQ is in the top 3%

    Pull the other one!

    Given your demonstrated lack of understanding of abstraction, of
    what a proof is, of so many other things, it is clear to all the
    regulars in this group that your IQ is not "in the top 3%", or
    anywhere near it.

    It would seem to me you are, yet again, in the words of Sir Robert
    Armstrong, being economical with the truth.

    *I really did get that IQ on the Mensa entrance exam*

    OK, let us be charitable, and suggest that that exam was a very long
    time ago, and that your general intelligence has declined
    substantially in the interval.

    That I am unwilling to accept that textbooks on computer
    science are inherently infallible is the broader minded
    perspective of philosophy of computation.

    That's an inaccurate summary. You're clearly unable to understand these
    textbooks. If you were able, you'd see that the things they say are
    necessarily correct, according to clear reasoning from obvious axioms.
    Whether you'd accept these books if you could understand them is more
    the question.


    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any
    partial halt decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite
    of what its corresponding PHD decides.

    That's both a lie and a strawman. The fact is, you're unable to
    understand computer science textbooks. If you could, you wouldn't simply
    try and dodge the point.

    .... In all of the years of all of these proofs no such *input* was
    ever presented.

    Of course not. Such input can't exist. What's happening here is that
    you utterly fail to understand proof by contradiction, just as you fail
    to understand so many abstractions.

    Like I've told you before, all this stuff simply isn't your thing.
    You'll never get anywhere with it, you lack the requisite intelligence.
    I've met quite a few such less intelligent people in my time, and in
    general they are agreeable, productive members of society. I've met lots
    more who, although intelligent enough, simply aren't interested in
    computation theory. Why should they be?

    But you're the first person I've come across who is both interested in it
    and is too dim to understand it. You're an enigma.

    This requires much more intelligence than simply memorizing a set of
    rules and then mindlessly following these rules.

    It does. Somebody simply memorizing these rules would be unable to pass
    his exams and graduate. To graduate in computer science, and certainly
    in mathematics, requires an ability fluently to manipulate abstractions,
    something which cannot be done without fundamental understanding.

    You clearly lack this ability and that understanding.

    I don't believe there's any substance behind your "in the top 3%" claim.
    It's at complete odds with what we see you writing in this newsgroup.

    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer

    --
    Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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  • From joes@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 24 21:07:13 2025
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:06:22 -0500 schrieb olcott:
    On 6/24/2025 12:57 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt
    decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding
    PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such
    *input* was ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as
    input.

    It is common knowledge the no Turing Machine can take another directly executed Turing Machine as an input.
    So common that nobody would suggest such. You are the king of strawmen.

    --
    Am Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:35:31 +0000 schrieb WM in sci.math:
    It is not guaranteed that n+1 exists for every n.

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Wed Jun 25 10:00:23 2025
    On 2025-06-24 13:57:47 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 3:39 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-23 16:37:53 +0000, olcott said:

    I always interpret expressions of language according
    to the literal base meaning of their words.

    I interprete the above to mean that the author of those words is stupid.

    Counter factual, my IQ is in the top 3%

    I have met enough people with that high IQ to know that some of them
    are stupid.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Wed Jun 25 10:21:05 2025
    On 2025-06-24 21:41:37 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 4:07 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:06:22 -0500 schrieb olcott:
    On 6/24/2025 12:57 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt
    decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding >>>>> PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such
    *input* was ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as >>>> input.

    It is common knowledge the no Turing Machine can take another directly
    executed Turing Machine as an input.
    So common that nobody would suggest such. You are the king of strawmen.

    *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this* https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    When Ĥ is applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞
    if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
    if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not halt

    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not have embedded_H reporting on
    the behavior specified by its input ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ it has embedded_H reporting on its own behavior.

    As made clear in the source text, embedded_H does the same as
    H when given the same input. The only difference is that if
    that same behaviour reaches its qy state then H halts there
    but Ĥ runs forever in a tight loop.

    Since Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machines as inputs this means that the directly
    executed Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of
    Ĥ.embedded_H, *thus no contradiction is ever formed*

    False. That Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machnes as inputs is irrelevant. The definition of
    "halting decider" requires that the decider thakes a
    description of a Turing machine and a an input to it.
    From the construction of Ĥ follows that the domain of Ĥ is
    the same as the required domain of a halt decider. As the
    proof proves H does not do what a halting decider is
    required to do when the input is <Ĥ> <Ĥ>, contradicting
    the claim that H is a halting decider.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Wed Jun 25 10:26:52 2025
    On 2025-06-24 14:55:11 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 3:47 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-23 15:16:14 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/23/2025 2:37 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-22 14:38:56 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/21/2025 11:01 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    In comp.theory olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    int DD()
    {
    int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    if (Halt_Status)
    HERE: goto HERE;
    return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    That's neither here nor there.  The plain fact is you have NOT refuted >>>>>> any proof technique.  How could you, you don't even understand what is >>>>>> meant by proof?

    A proof is any sequence of steps such that its conclusion
    can be correctly determined to be necessarily true.

    False. There are other requirements. Every sentence of the sequence,
    not just the last one, must either be a premise or follow from
    earlier ones with an acceptable inference rule.

    There is a subset of proofs that have this requirement.
    They typically are of the form that a conclusion is
    proved definitely true within a set of assumptions.

    Another form of this same proof only has expressions
    of language known to be true as its premises.

    If the set of the premises is not the same it is not the same proof.

    When a proof has known facts all of its premises thenn
    its conclusion is proven definitely true when it is proven.

    Nevertheless, the proofa are not the same if their sets of premises
    are not the same.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Thu Jun 26 13:07:43 2025
    On 2025-06-25 15:28:03 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/25/2025 2:26 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-24 14:55:11 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 3:47 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-23 15:16:14 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/23/2025 2:37 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-22 14:38:56 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/21/2025 11:01 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
    In comp.theory olcott <[email protected]> wrote:
    int DD()
    {
    int Halt_Status = HHH(DD);
    if (Halt_Status)
    HERE: goto HERE;
    return Halt_Status;
    }

    https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6857335b37a08191a077d57039fa4a76
    ChatGPT agrees that I have correctly refuted every
    halting problem proof technique that relies on the above
    pattern.

    That's neither here nor there.  The plain fact is you have NOT refuted
    any proof technique.  How could you, you don't even understand what is
    meant by proof?

    A proof is any sequence of steps such that its conclusion
    can be correctly determined to be necessarily true.

    False. There are other requirements. Every sentence of the sequence, >>>>>> not just the last one, must either be a premise or follow from
    earlier ones with an acceptable inference rule.

    There is a subset of proofs that have this requirement.
    They typically are of the form that a conclusion is
    proved definitely true within a set of assumptions.

    Another form of this same proof only has expressions
    of language known to be true as its premises.

    If the set of the premises is not the same it is not the same proof.

    When a proof has known facts all of its premises thenn
    its conclusion is proven definitely true when it is proven.

    Nevertheless, the proofa are not the same if their sets of premises
    are not the same.

    Proofs can be semantically equivalent when these proofs
    bother to pay attention to the semantics.

    You din'd say "semantically equivalent", you said "this same proof".

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Thu Jun 26 13:00:36 2025
    On 2025-06-25 15:26:28 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/25/2025 2:21 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-24 21:41:37 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 4:07 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:06:22 -0500 schrieb olcott:
    On 6/24/2025 12:57 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt >>>>>>> decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding >>>>>>> PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such
    *input* was ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as >>>>>> input.

    It is common knowledge the no Turing Machine can take another directly >>>>> executed Turing Machine as an input.
    So common that nobody would suggest such. You are the king of strawmen. >>>
    *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this*
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    When Ĥ is applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞
       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not halt

    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not have embedded_H reporting on
    the behavior specified by its input ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ it has embedded_H
    reporting on its own behavior.

    As made clear in the source text, embedded_H does the same as
    H when given the same input. The only difference is that if
    that same behaviour reaches its qy state then H halts there
    but Ĥ runs forever in a tight loop.

    *You are not getting the main point*
    The fact that Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩ is not contradicted by the fact that Ĥ.embedded_H itself halts.

    That is not the main point. The main point is that Ĥ ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts if
    iH ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to Ĥ.qn but not if H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to
    Ĥ.qy. Anything said about embedded_H is merely an intermediate
    step in the proof of the main point if not totally irrelevant.

    Because Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly take any directly
    executing TM as its input that makes the behavior of
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ outside of the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H.

    Irrelevant. It can and does take the same input as H and from that
    computes the same as H. That is all that is needed for the proof.

    Since Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machines as inputs this means that the directly
    executed Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of
    Ĥ.embedded_H, *thus no contradiction is ever formed*

    False. That Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machnes as inputs is irrelevant.

    Directly executing TM's are not in the domain of any
    halt decider.

    The definition of a halt decider requires that a halt decider
    correctly predicts whether a direct execution halts if the
    computation specified by the input will be directly executed.

    The definition of
    "halting decider" requires that the decider thakes a
    description of a Turing machine and a an input to it.

    Yes.

    From the construction of Ĥ follows that the domain of Ĥ is
    the same as the required domain of a halt decider. As the

    Maybe, IDK. What I do know is that
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ outside of the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H.

    The proof does not specify a domain fro embedded_H. Instead it
    specifies that for every input, including ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩, and including every input outside of the domain of H, the result embedded_H
    gives is the same as the result H gives. Otherwise embedded_H
    is not correctly constructed.

    proof proves H does not do what a halting decider is
    required to do

    It is required to take a directly executing TM as input.
    and
    It is not allowed to take a directly executing TM as input.

    when the input is <Ĥ> <Ĥ>, contradicting
    the claim that H is a halting decider.

    *It never has been doing any such thing*

    You have not shown that a premise is not true. You have not shown
    that an inference is not truth preserving. Therefore you have not
    shown that the conclusion is not known to be true.

    When Ĥ.embedded_H is a simulating partial halt decider
    then Ĥ.embedded_H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ specifies recursive simulation that cannot possibly reach its own simulated
    final halt state of ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩.

    Which is perfectly compatible with the hypothesis that H is not a
    halting decider.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Sat Jun 28 14:38:25 2025
    On 2025-06-27 15:22:50 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/26/2025 5:00 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-25 15:26:28 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/25/2025 2:21 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-24 21:41:37 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 4:07 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:06:22 -0500 schrieb olcott:
    On 6/24/2025 12:57 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt >>>>>>>>> decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding >>>>>>>>> PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such >>>>>>>>> *input* was ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as >>>>>>>> input.

    It is common knowledge the no Turing Machine can take another directly >>>>>>> executed Turing Machine as an input.
    So common that nobody would suggest such. You are the king of strawmen. >>>>>
    *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this*
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    When Ĥ is applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞
       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not halt

    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not have embedded_H reporting on
    the behavior specified by its input ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ it has embedded_H >>>>> reporting on its own behavior.

    As made clear in the source text, embedded_H does the same as
    H when given the same input. The only difference is that if
    that same behaviour reaches its qy state then H halts there
    but Ĥ runs forever in a tight loop.

    *You are not getting the main point*
    The fact that Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩ is >>> not contradicted by the fact that Ĥ.embedded_H itself halts.

    That is not the main point.

    It is the *only* reason why
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
    is incorrectly construed as being incorrect.

    It is neither correct nor incorrect. There are no requirements about Ĥ.

    The main point is that Ĥ ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts if
    iH ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to Ĥ.qn but not if H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to
    Ĥ.qy. Anything said about embedded_H is merely an intermediate
    step in the proof of the main point if not totally irrelevant.

    Because Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly take any directly
    executing TM as its input that makes the behavior of
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ outside of the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H.

    Irrelevant. It can and does take the same input as H and from that
    computes the same as H. That is all that is needed for the proof.

    Since Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machines as inputs this means that the directly
    executed Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of
    Ĥ.embedded_H, *thus no contradiction is ever formed*

    False. That Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machnes as inputs is irrelevant.

    Directly executing TM's are not in the domain of any
    halt decider.

    The definition of a halt decider requires that a halt decider
    correctly predicts whether a direct execution halts

    That has always been incorrect because no Turing machine
    can ever take any directly executing Turing machine as
    its input all of these directly executed Turing machines
    are outside of the domain of any partial halt decider.

    No, it is not incorrect. It is what the words mean.

    Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
    is correct because ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly simulated by
    Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly reach its own simulated
    final halt state ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩.

    Correct or incorrect does not apply to Ĥ as there are no requirements.

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Sun Jun 29 11:25:48 2025
    On 2025-06-28 12:56:04 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/28/2025 6:38 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-27 15:22:50 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/26/2025 5:00 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-25 15:26:28 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/25/2025 2:21 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-24 21:41:37 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 4:07 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:06:22 -0500 schrieb olcott:
    On 6/24/2025 12:57 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt >>>>>>>>>>> decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding
    PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such >>>>>>>>>>> *input* was ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as
    input.

    It is common knowledge the no Turing Machine can take another directly
    executed Turing Machine as an input.
    So common that nobody would suggest such. You are the king of strawmen.

    *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this*
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    When Ĥ is applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞
       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not halt

    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not have embedded_H reporting on
    the behavior specified by its input ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ it has embedded_H >>>>>>> reporting on its own behavior.

    As made clear in the source text, embedded_H does the same as
    H when given the same input. The only difference is that if
    that same behaviour reaches its qy state then H halts there
    but Ĥ runs forever in a tight loop.

    *You are not getting the main point*
    The fact that Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩ is
    not contradicted by the fact that Ĥ.embedded_H itself halts.

    That is not the main point.

    It is the *only* reason why
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
    is incorrectly construed as being incorrect.

    It is neither correct nor incorrect. There are no requirements about Ĥ.

    The above shows that Ĥ.embedded_H decided not halting.
    This is either correct or incorrect depending on the
    criterion measure.

    No, there is a third possibility: it is irrelevant if the criteria
    don't say anything about that.

    If Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ is to report on the behavior
    that its inputs specify then transitioning to Ĥ.qn
    is correct.

    If. The proof of unprovability does not specify any requirement
    about that.

    When it is understood that the directly executing
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H
    then the behavior of Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not contradict
    the reporting of non-halting.

    Whatever embedded_H reports does not not contradict anyting specified
    in the proof of uncomputability of halting.

    The main point is that Ĥ ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts if
    iH ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to Ĥ.qn but not if H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to
    Ĥ.qy. Anything said about embedded_H is merely an intermediate
    step in the proof of the main point if not totally irrelevant.

    Because Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly take any directly
    executing TM as its input that makes the behavior of
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ outside of the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H.

    Irrelevant. It can and does take the same input as H and from that
    computes the same as H. That is all that is needed for the proof.

    Since Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machines as inputs this means that the directly
    executed Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of
    Ĥ.embedded_H, *thus no contradiction is ever formed*

    False. That Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machnes as inputs is irrelevant.

    Directly executing TM's are not in the domain of any
    halt decider.

    The definition of a halt decider requires that a halt decider
    correctly predicts whether a direct execution halts

    That has always been incorrect because no Turing machine
    can ever take any directly executing Turing machine as
    its input all of these directly executed Turing machines
    are outside of the domain of any partial halt decider.

    No, it is not incorrect. It is what the words mean.

    Likewise with the definition of a circle as having four
    equal length sides.

    The concept defined by that definition is good and well-defined but
    the word "circle" is already reserved for another geometric concept
    by earlier geometers. The usual meaning of "hating" in context of
    Turing machines has no prior meaning because Turing machine is a
    recent innovation and the meaning is compatible with the traditional
    meaning of "halting" in Common Language. Therefore your "likewise"
    is false.

    The requirement that a halt decider
    report on the behavior of the direct execution of a machine
    is contradicted by the fact that no Turing Machine can take
    a directly executing machine as its input.

    The requirement says "predicts", not reports, though both words
    mean the same in this context.

    But "the requirement is not contradicted" is a category error.
    A claim or proposition can be contradicted by another one but
    the word "contradict" does not apply to requirements. A
    requirement can be satisfied or violated but not contradicted.
    If your algoritm does not satisfy the requirements of a halting
    decider then it is not a halting decider.

    Just because no one has ever noticed this before does not
    mean that I am wrong.

    It doesn't mean that you be right, either. But other considerations
    show that you are partly wrong and partly babbling.

    Partial halt deciders are only held
    accountable for *inputs* in their domain. Their own directly
    executed selves are not *inputs* in their domain.

    If it does not satisfy all requirements of the halting problems
    except of answering for every valid input then it is not a partial
    halting decider.

    Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
    is correct because ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly simulated by
    Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly reach its own simulated
    final halt state ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩.

    Correct or incorrect does not apply to Ĥ as there are no requirements.

    The requirement is that Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly
    determine the halt status that its input specifies.

    Not required by Linz' proof or by anything in Linz' book.

    *Here is the whole Linz proof* https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    --
    Mikko

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  • From Mikko@21:1/5 to olcott on Mon Jun 30 11:05:28 2025
    On 2025-06-29 13:17:19 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/29/2025 3:25 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-28 12:56:04 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/28/2025 6:38 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-27 15:22:50 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/26/2025 5:00 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-25 15:26:28 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/25/2025 2:21 AM, Mikko wrote:
    On 2025-06-24 21:41:37 +0000, olcott said:

    On 6/24/2025 4:07 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:06:22 -0500 schrieb olcott:
    On 6/24/2025 12:57 PM, joes wrote:
    Am Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:46:01 -0500 schrieb olcott:

    It is an easily verified fact that no *input* to any partial halt >>>>>>>>>>>>> decider (PHD) can possibly do the opposite of what its corresponding
    PHD decides. In all of the years of all of these proofs no such >>>>>>>>>>>>> *input* was ever presented.

    You should clarify that you don't even think programs can be passed as
    input.

    It is common knowledge the no Turing Machine can take another directly
    executed Turing Machine as an input.
    So common that nobody would suggest such. You are the king of strawmen.

    *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this*
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    When Ĥ is applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞ >>>>>>>>>    if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>    if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not halt

    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not have embedded_H reporting on >>>>>>>>> the behavior specified by its input ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ it has embedded_H
    reporting on its own behavior.

    As made clear in the source text, embedded_H does the same as
    H when given the same input. The only difference is that if
    that same behaviour reaches its qy state then H halts there
    but Ĥ runs forever in a tight loop.

    *You are not getting the main point*
    The fact that Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩ is
    not contradicted by the fact that Ĥ.embedded_H itself halts.

    That is not the main point.

    It is the *only* reason why
    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn
    is incorrectly construed as being incorrect.

    It is neither correct nor incorrect. There are no requirements about Ĥ. >>>
    The above shows that Ĥ.embedded_H decided not halting.
    This is either correct or incorrect depending on the
    criterion measure.

    No, there is a third possibility: it is irrelevant if the criteria
    don't say anything about that.

    If Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ is to report on the behavior
    that its inputs specify then transitioning to Ĥ.qn
    is correct.

    If. The proof of unprovability does not specify any requirement
    about that.

    When it is understood that the directly executing
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H
    then the behavior of Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not contradict
    the reporting of non-halting.

    Whatever embedded_H reports does not not contradict anyting specified
    in the proof of uncomputability of halting.

    The main point is that Ĥ ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts if
    iH ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to Ĥ.qn but not if H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ transitions to
    Ĥ.qy. Anything said about embedded_H is merely an intermediate
    step in the proof of the main point if not totally irrelevant.

    Because Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly take any directly
    executing TM as its input that makes the behavior of
    Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ outside of the domain of Ĥ.embedded_H.

    Irrelevant. It can and does take the same input as H and from that >>>>>> computes the same as H. That is all that is needed for the proof.

    Since Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machines as inputs this means that the directly
    executed Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not in the domain of
    Ĥ.embedded_H, *thus no contradiction is ever formed*

    False. That Turing Machines cannot take directly executing
    Turing Machnes as inputs is irrelevant.

    Directly executing TM's are not in the domain of any
    halt decider.

    The definition of a halt decider requires that a halt decider
    correctly predicts whether a direct execution halts

    That has always been incorrect because no Turing machine
    can ever take any directly executing Turing machine as
    its input all of these directly executed Turing machines
    are outside of the domain of any partial halt decider.

    No, it is not incorrect. It is what the words mean.

    Likewise with the definition of a circle as having four
    equal length sides.

    The concept defined by that definition is good and well-defined but
    the word "circle" is already reserved for another geometric concept
    by earlier geometers. The usual meaning of "hating" in context of
    Turing machines has no prior meaning because Turing machine is a
    recent innovation and the meaning is compatible with the traditional
    meaning of "halting" in Common Language. Therefore your "likewise"
    is false.

    The requirement that a halt decider
    report on the behavior of the direct execution of a machine
    is contradicted by the fact that no Turing Machine can take
    a directly executing machine as its input.

    The requirement says "predicts", not reports, though both words
    mean the same in this context.

    But "the requirement is not contradicted" is a category error.

    When it is required that a Turing Machine halt decider is to
    report on the behavior of another directly executing Turing
    machine this requirement is incorrect.

    No, it is not. There is no requirement that this requirement
    would violate. A requirement is valid if one can determine
    whether the requirement is violated. If an excution halts
    that can be determined by a direct execution. If an execution
    is non-halting that may be harder to determine but a partial
    exeution with tracing and then examination of the algorithm
    and the last steps of the trace provides information for
    determination that the computation does not halt or at least
    how much more should be traced for the determination. The
    lack of a complete method can be compensated by human
    creativity.

    This requirement is incorrect because Turing machines only
    take finite string inputs they do not take directly executing
    Turing Machines as inputs.

    That "because" is cannot be inferred with a truth preserving
    transformatin, so it is false.

    It usually makes no difference because almost all of the time
    the finite string machine description serves as a proxy and
    has the same behavior.

    A string has no behaviour. It contains information. In the case
    of the halting problem it contains enough information about a
    computation for an execution of the computation.

    --
    Mikko

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