Re: DDD simulated by HHH cannot possibly halt (Halting Problem)

On 12/04/2025 09:31, Mikko wrote:

On 2025-04-11 08:24:47 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:
 

On 11/04/2025 08:57, Mikko wrote:

No proof of this principle has been shown so its use is not valid.

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No proof of Peano's axioms or Euclid's fifth postulate has been shown. That doesn't mean we can't use them.

 We can use them for situations where we can trust that they are true.

Indeed. And Mr Olcott has his work cut out persuading us to trust his principle. Maybe that's why he quotes it so often, in the hope that constant repetition will make it /seem/ true.
If a lie is only printed often enough, it becomes a quasi-truth, and if such a truth is repeated often enough, it becomes an article of belief, a dogma, and men will die for it.
     Isa Blagden, The Crown of a Life (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1869), Vol. III, Ch. XI; p. 155.
If you repeat a lie many times, people are bound to start believing it.
     Joseph Goebbels (attr)
And most of what Mr Olcott posts is... repetition.
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