• Re: have we been misusing =?UTF-8?Q?incompleteness=3F=20=3F=20=3F=20PLO?=

    From Python@python@cccp.invalid to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Fri Jan 2 15:11:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    Le 02/01/2026 |a 15:47, olcott a |-crit :
    On 1/2/2026 2:15 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 02/01/2026 03:26, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:38 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:25 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/1/26 9:07 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 4:12 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 31/12/2025 23:27, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, how do you think you can prove it in F?

    What does "F" refer to?


    F reo G_F rao -4Prov_F(riLG_FriY)
    F proves that: G_F is equivalent to G_F is not provable in F
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/#FirIncTheCom >>>>>>
    reaG ree WFF(F) (G rao (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that is logically
    equivalent to its own unprovability in F

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G := (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that asserts its own unprovability in F

    The proof of G in F would seem to require a sequence
    of inference steps in F that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.



    But that isn't what G is in the proof, so you are just using a bad
    reference.


    That you do not know exactly how semantics works in
    linguistics (making sure to ignore all context) is
    not my mistake. The reason that Ludwig Wittgenstein
    was never understood is that none of his detractors
    understood how language itself really works. Not
    knowing how language really works results in
    undetected muddled thinking.

    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G asserts its own unprovability.
    Is what the above means semantically.

    The proof of G does semantically entail a sequence
    of inference steps that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.


    Ludwig Wittgenstein

    8. I imagine someone asking my advice; he says:
    "I have constructed a proposition (1 will use
    'P' to designate it) in Russell's symbolism,
    and by means of certain definitions and
    transformations it can be so interpreted that
    it says: 'P is not provable in Russell's system'.

    False. He did not do that; he tried to do so then hallucinated that he
    succeeded. A contradiction follows from the negation of my
    characterisation of his actions and so from the truth of the proposition
    that he defined P so. That definitional proposition follows from the
    axioms of inconsistent systems and not from those of useful consistent
    ones. Typically it /is/ an axiom of inconsistent systems and not of
    consistent ones.



    His paper is a convoluted mess hiding this simple fact
    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G||del, Kurt 1931.
    On Formally Undecidable Propositions of
    Principia Mathematica And Related Systems

    When we combine that with this:

    Let {T} be such a theory. Then the elementary
    statements which belong to {T} we shall call the
    elementary theorems of {T}; we also say that
    these elementary statements are true for {T}.
    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an
    elementary statement which is true.
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf
    Foundations of Mathematical Logic 1977

    Then G||del simply made a very convoluted analog
    to the Liar Paradox.

    This is delusional wishful thinking on your part.

    Your whole "work" is a defense of your ego you've forged from the fact
    that you misunderstand G||del's articles (and many others).

    The real mess is you, Peter.


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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Fri Jan 2 10:00:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/2/2026 9:11 AM, Python wrote:
    Le 02/01/2026 |a 15:47, olcott a |-crit :
    On 1/2/2026 2:15 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 02/01/2026 03:26, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:38 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:25 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/1/26 9:07 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 4:12 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 31/12/2025 23:27, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, how do you think you can prove it in F?

    What does "F" refer to?


    F reo G_F rao -4Prov_F(riLG_FriY)
    F proves that: G_F is equivalent to G_F is not provable in F
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/
    #FirIncTheCom

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G rao (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that is logically
    equivalent to its own unprovability in F

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G := (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that asserts its own unprovability in F

    The proof of G in F would seem to require a sequence
    of inference steps in F that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.



    But that isn't what G is in the proof, so you are just using a bad >>>>>> reference.


    That you do not know exactly how semantics works in
    linguistics (making sure to ignore all context) is
    not my mistake. The reason that Ludwig Wittgenstein
    was never understood is that none of his detractors
    understood how language itself really works. Not
    knowing how language really works results in
    undetected muddled thinking.

    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G asserts its own unprovability.
    Is what the above means semantically.

    The proof of G does semantically entail a sequence
    of inference steps that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.


    Ludwig Wittgenstein

    8. I imagine someone asking my advice; he says:
    "I have constructed a proposition (1 will use
    'P' to designate it) in Russell's symbolism,
    and by means of certain definitions and
    transformations it can be so interpreted that
    it says: 'P is not provable in Russell's system'.

    False. He did not do that; he tried to do so then hallucinated that he
    succeeded. A contradiction follows from the negation of my
    characterisation of his actions and so from the truth of the proposition >>> that he defined P so. That definitional proposition follows from the
    axioms of inconsistent systems and not from those of useful consistent
    ones. Typically it /is/ an axiom of inconsistent systems and not of
    consistent ones.



    His paper is a convoluted mess hiding this simple fact
    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G||del, Kurt 1931.
    On Formally Undecidable Propositions of
    Principia Mathematica And Related Systems

    When we combine that with this:

    -a-a-a Let {T} be such a theory. Then the elementary
    -a-a-a statements which belong to {T} we shall call the
    -a-a-a elementary theorems of {T}; we also say that
    -a-a-a these elementary statements are true for {T}.
    -a-a-a Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an
    -a-a-a elementary statement which is true.
    -a-a-a https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf
    Foundations of Mathematical Logic 1977

    Then G||del simply made a very convoluted analog
    to the Liar Paradox.

    This is delusional wishful thinking on your part.

    Your whole "work" is a defense of your ego you've forged from the fact
    that you misunderstand G||del's articles (and many others).

    The real mess is you, Peter.



    LLM systems initially said this too.
    They give me lots and lots of push-back.
    When they finally understand my whole
    system they always totally agree, 50 times now.

    Two big advantages of LLM systems
    (1) The have no egoic attachment to conventional wisdom

    (2) They have deep knowledge across
    (a) theory of computation
    (b) foundations of mathematics
    (c) foundations of logic
    (d) Linguistic semantics
    (e) Philosophy of all of the above.

    With (1) and without (2)(d) and (2)(e) people
    lack a sufficient basis to understand me.
    This was the exact same issue for Ludwig Wittgenstein.
    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Fri Jan 2 11:10:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/2/26 11:00 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/2/2026 9:11 AM, Python wrote:
    Le 02/01/2026 |a 15:47, olcott a |-crit :
    On 1/2/2026 2:15 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 02/01/2026 03:26, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:38 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:25 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/1/26 9:07 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 4:12 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 31/12/2025 23:27, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, how do you think you can prove it in F?

    What does "F" refer to?


    F reo G_F rao -4Prov_F(riLG_FriY)
    F proves that: G_F is equivalent to G_F is not provable in F
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/
    #FirIncTheCom

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G rao (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that is logically
    equivalent to its own unprovability in F

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G := (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that asserts its own unprovability in F

    The proof of G in F would seem to require a sequence
    of inference steps in F that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.



    But that isn't what G is in the proof, so you are just using a bad >>>>>>> reference.


    That you do not know exactly how semantics works in
    linguistics (making sure to ignore all context) is
    not my mistake. The reason that Ludwig Wittgenstein
    was never understood is that none of his detractors
    understood how language itself really works. Not
    knowing how language really works results in
    undetected muddled thinking.

    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G asserts its own unprovability.
    Is what the above means semantically.

    The proof of G does semantically entail a sequence
    of inference steps that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.


    Ludwig Wittgenstein

    8. I imagine someone asking my advice; he says:
    "I have constructed a proposition (1 will use
    'P' to designate it) in Russell's symbolism,
    and by means of certain definitions and
    transformations it can be so interpreted that
    it says: 'P is not provable in Russell's system'.

    False. He did not do that; he tried to do so then hallucinated that he >>>> succeeded. A contradiction follows from the negation of my
    characterisation of his actions and so from the truth of the
    proposition
    that he defined P so. That definitional proposition follows from the
    axioms of inconsistent systems and not from those of useful consistent >>>> ones. Typically it /is/ an axiom of inconsistent systems and not of
    consistent ones.



    His paper is a convoluted mess hiding this simple fact
    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G||del, Kurt 1931.
    On Formally Undecidable Propositions of
    Principia Mathematica And Related Systems

    When we combine that with this:

    -a-a-a Let {T} be such a theory. Then the elementary
    -a-a-a statements which belong to {T} we shall call the
    -a-a-a elementary theorems of {T}; we also say that
    -a-a-a these elementary statements are true for {T}.
    -a-a-a Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an
    -a-a-a elementary statement which is true.
    -a-a-a https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf
    Foundations of Mathematical Logic 1977

    Then G||del simply made a very convoluted analog
    to the Liar Paradox.

    This is delusional wishful thinking on your part.

    Your whole "work" is a defense of your ego you've forged from the fact
    that you misunderstand G||del's articles (and many others).

    The real mess is you, Peter.



    LLM systems initially said this too.
    They give me lots and lots of push-back.
    When they finally understand my whole
    system they always totally agree, 50 times now.

    Two big advantages of LLM systems
    (1) The have no egoic attachment to conventional wisdom

    (2) They have deep knowledge across
    (a) theory of computation
    (b) foundations of mathematics
    (c) foundations of logic
    (d) Linguistic semantics
    (e) Philosophy of all of the above.

    With (1) and without (2)(d) and (2)(e) people
    lack a sufficient basis to understand me.
    This was the exact same issue for Ludwig Wittgenstein.


    In other words, you claim is you were able to retrain the LLM to agree
    with you, which isn't anything to brag about as they are programmed to
    try to agree with you.

    And, you show that you don't understand how they work, as your points
    (2) and followign are utterly false as they have NO "Knowledge" as they
    have no concept of "Truth" (which is a requirement for knowledge) they
    only have incomplete memories of what has been said without regard to if
    it was true or not.

    It seems you have given up your ability to think and turned it over to
    lying machines that don't think either.
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  • From Python@python@cccp.invalid to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Fri Jan 2 16:56:01 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    Le 02/01/2026 |a 17:00, olcott a |-crit :
    On 1/2/2026 9:11 AM, Python wrote:
    Le 02/01/2026 |a 15:47, olcott a |-crit :
    On 1/2/2026 2:15 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 02/01/2026 03:26, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:38 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 8:25 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/1/26 9:07 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/1/2026 4:12 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 31/12/2025 23:27, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, how do you think you can prove it in F?

    What does "F" refer to?


    F reo G_F rao -4Prov_F(riLG_FriY)
    F proves that: G_F is equivalent to G_F is not provable in F
    https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/goedel-incompleteness/
    #FirIncTheCom

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G rao (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that is logically
    equivalent to its own unprovability in F

    reaG ree WFF(F) (G := (F re4 G))
    There exists a G in F that asserts its own unprovability in F

    The proof of G in F would seem to require a sequence
    of inference steps in F that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.



    But that isn't what G is in the proof, so you are just using a bad >>>>>>> reference.


    That you do not know exactly how semantics works in
    linguistics (making sure to ignore all context) is
    not my mistake. The reason that Ludwig Wittgenstein
    was never understood is that none of his detractors
    understood how language itself really works. Not
    knowing how language really works results in
    undetected muddled thinking.

    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G asserts its own unprovability.
    Is what the above means semantically.

    The proof of G does semantically entail a sequence
    of inference steps that prove that they themselves
    do not exist.


    Ludwig Wittgenstein

    8. I imagine someone asking my advice; he says:
    "I have constructed a proposition (1 will use
    'P' to designate it) in Russell's symbolism,
    and by means of certain definitions and
    transformations it can be so interpreted that
    it says: 'P is not provable in Russell's system'.

    False. He did not do that; he tried to do so then hallucinated that he >>>> succeeded. A contradiction follows from the negation of my
    characterisation of his actions and so from the truth of the proposition >>>> that he defined P so. That definitional proposition follows from the
    axioms of inconsistent systems and not from those of useful consistent >>>> ones. Typically it /is/ an axiom of inconsistent systems and not of
    consistent ones.



    His paper is a convoluted mess hiding this simple fact
    ...We are therefore confronted with a proposition which
    asserts its own unprovability. 15 rCa (G||del 1931:40-41)

    G||del, Kurt 1931.
    On Formally Undecidable Propositions of
    Principia Mathematica And Related Systems

    When we combine that with this:

    -a-a-a Let {T} be such a theory. Then the elementary
    -a-a-a statements which belong to {T} we shall call the
    -a-a-a elementary theorems of {T}; we also say that
    -a-a-a these elementary statements are true for {T}.
    -a-a-a Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an
    -a-a-a elementary statement which is true.
    -a-a-a https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf
    Foundations of Mathematical Logic 1977

    Then G||del simply made a very convoluted analog
    to the Liar Paradox.

    This is delusional wishful thinking on your part.

    Your whole "work" is a defense of your ego you've forged from the fact
    that you misunderstand G||del's articles (and many others).

    The real mess is you, Peter.



    LLM systems initially said this too.
    They give me lots and lots of push-back.
    When they finally understand my whole
    system they always totally agree, 50 times now.

    Two big advantages of LLM systems
    (1) The have no egoic attachment to conventional wisdom

    (2) They have deep knowledge across
    (a) theory of computation
    (b) foundations of mathematics
    (c) foundations of logic
    (d) Linguistic semantics
    (e) Philosophy of all of the above.

    With (1) and without (2)(d) and (2)(e) people
    lack a sufficient basis to understand me.
    This was the exact same issue for Ludwig Wittgenstein.

    One HUGE drawback of LLM systems : they tend to enforce rhetoric not
    truth.

    You fell in that trap, like many many other cranks here and there. LLM can
    be good for sane people, they are poison for auto-indulgent people of your kind.


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  • From Tristan Wibberley@tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sat Jan 3 16:59:55 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 02/01/2026 16:00, olcott wrote:
    The real mess is you, Peter.



    LLM systems initially said this too.

    lol, I like them more and more. They seem to have some sass.
    --
    Tristan Wibberley

    The message body is Copyright (C) 2025 Tristan Wibberley except
    citations and quotations noted. All Rights Reserved except that you may,
    of course, cite it academically giving credit to me, distribute it
    verbatim as part of a usenet system or its archives, and use it to
    promote my greatness and general superiority without misrepresentation
    of my opinions other than my opinion of my greatness and general
    superiority which you _may_ misrepresent. You definitely MAY NOT train
    any production AI system with it but you may train experimental AI that
    will only be used for evaluation of the AI methods it implements.

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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sat Jan 3 21:36:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/3/2026 9:07 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 9:49 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 7:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 5:23 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 2:58 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 03/01/2026 17:30, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 10:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

    We begin by postulating a certain non void, definite
    class {E} of statements, which we call elementary
    statements...

    I didn't write that.


    That is part of how Curry defined True(x) rei Theorem(x)
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf


    But he doesn't define True(x) to be = Theorem(x)


    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an elementary statement
    which is true.

    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf

    Are you capable of ever paying complete attention?
    I hyper-focus instead. This makes most everyone
    else seem like they have severe attention deficit
    by contrast.


    Which says that Theorems are true statement, not that truth are
    proven statements.


    So you have no idea how true statements are derived
    from other true statements ?

    https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/


    Right, but the chain can be infinite, and thus not a proof.

    Right so we may never know if the Goldbach conjecture is true.
    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.
    This means that True(L, x) can be defined for the
    entire body of knowledge expressed in language.

    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Eliminates a key issue that has plagued epistemology since 1951

    https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-fbd6-1538-0000-000070cf64bc/Quine51.pdf
    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 07:42:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/3/26 10:36 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 9:07 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 9:49 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 7:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 5:23 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 2:58 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 03/01/2026 17:30, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 10:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

    We begin by postulating a certain non void, definite
    class {E} of statements, which we call elementary
    statements...

    I didn't write that.


    That is part of how Curry defined True(x) rei Theorem(x)
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf


    But he doesn't define True(x) to be = Theorem(x)


    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an elementary statement
    which is true.

    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf

    Are you capable of ever paying complete attention?
    I hyper-focus instead. This makes most everyone
    else seem like they have severe attention deficit
    by contrast.


    Which says that Theorems are true statement, not that truth are
    proven statements.


    So you have no idea how true statements are derived
    from other true statements ?

    https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/


    Right, but the chain can be infinite, and thus not a proof.

    Right so we may never know if the Goldbach conjecture is true.

    But it must be either True or False.

    Your system can't handle that.

    Unknown is a value of Knowledge, not Truth.

    All you are doing is showing that you own system must be incomplete
    becuase it can't even HANDLE some statements that we know must have a
    truth value.

    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    No, because the word "Paradox" just means an APPARENT contradiction.

    For example, Zeno's paradox that seems to show that Achilies can't pass
    the Tortoise is resolved by noting that while you went through an
    infinite number of steps of logic, those only encompassed a finite
    amount of time, and after that Achilies does pass the Tortoise.

    The Liar's Paradox gets resolved by seeing that the statement just
    doesn't have a Truth Value (Not all syntacticly valid statemente do) and
    thus isn't a Semantically valid statement, and the "Not" operator is
    being given an invalid value (or Not(not-a-truth-value) is just not-a-truth-value).

    This means that True(L, x) can be defined for the
    entire body of knowledge expressed in language.

    No, because we can still express in that language statements that we can
    not know if they are true, like the Goldbach conjecture.

    Note, the True predicate has a domain of all syntactially valid
    expressions, and returns false for any that are semantically invalid.

    Thus True(L, "The Goldbach Conjecture") needs to resolve that actual
    truth of that conjecture.

    All you are showing is your inability to understand the rules of the
    game you got in.


    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Eliminates a key issue that has plagued epistemology since 1951

    No, because it just admits its own limitation, and put forward a
    mis-defintion of Truth.


    https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff- fbd6-1538-0000-000070cf64bc/Quine51.pdf


    Which is about Philosophy, not Logic, which is part of your problem, you
    don't understand the difference.
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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 08:48:43 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/4/2026 6:42 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 10:36 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 9:07 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 9:49 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 7:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 5:23 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 2:58 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 03/01/2026 17:30, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 10:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

    We begin by postulating a certain non void, definite
    class {E} of statements, which we call elementary
    statements...

    I didn't write that.


    That is part of how Curry defined True(x) rei Theorem(x)
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf


    But he doesn't define True(x) to be = Theorem(x)


    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an elementary statement
    which is true.

    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf

    Are you capable of ever paying complete attention?
    I hyper-focus instead. This makes most everyone
    else seem like they have severe attention deficit
    by contrast.


    Which says that Theorems are true statement, not that truth are
    proven statements.


    So you have no idea how true statements are derived
    from other true statements ?

    https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/


    Right, but the chain can be infinite, and thus not a proof.

    Right so we may never know if the Goldbach conjecture is true.

    But it must be either True or False.

    Your system can't handle that.

    Unknown is a value of Knowledge, not Truth.

    All you are doing is showing that you own system must be incomplete
    becuase it can't even HANDLE some statements that we know must have a
    truth value.


    It is not incomplete in the G||del sense.

    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    No, because the word "Paradox" just means an APPARENT contradiction.

    For example, Zeno's paradox that seems to show that Achilies can't pass
    the Tortoise is resolved by noting that while you went through an
    infinite number of steps of logic, those only encompassed a finite
    amount of time, and after that Achilies does pass the Tortoise.


    paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    The Liar's Paradox gets resolved by seeing that the statement just
    doesn't have a Truth Value (Not all syntacticly valid statemente do) and thus isn't a Semantically valid statement, and the "Not" operator is
    being given an invalid value (or Not(not-a-truth-value) is just not-a- truth-value).


    Yes

    This means that True(L, x) can be defined for the
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    No, because we can still express in that language statements that we can
    not know if they are true, like the Goldbach conjecture.


    Did you notice that those are not in the body of knowledge?
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    Note, the True predicate has a domain of all syntactially valid
    expressions, and returns false for any that are semantically invalid.


    If X is unknown or
    semantically incoherent or
    simply not encoded then True(X)==FALSE and True(~X)==FALSE

    Thus True(L, "The Goldbach Conjecture") needs to resolve that actual
    truth of that conjecture.


    This is the domain
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*
    The Goldbach Conjecture's truth value is not in that domain

    All you are showing is your inability to understand the rules of the
    game you got in.


    After 28 years I have finally got it.


    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Eliminates a key issue that has plagued epistemology since 1951

    No, because it just admits its own limitation, and put forward a mis- defintion of Truth.


    The analytic/synthetic distinction was broken by Quine
    since 1951. I reframed it as the Analytic(Olcott) / Empirical
    distinction.


    https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-
    fbd6-1538-0000-000070cf64bc/Quine51.pdf


    Which is about Philosophy, not Logic, which is part of your problem, you don't understand the difference.

    I defined the computable subset of knowledge.
    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 14:21:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/4/26 9:48 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 6:42 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 10:36 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 9:07 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 9:49 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 7:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 5:23 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 2:58 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 03/01/2026 17:30, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 10:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

    We begin by postulating a certain non void, definite
    class {E} of statements, which we call elementary
    statements...

    I didn't write that.


    That is part of how Curry defined True(x) rei Theorem(x)
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf


    But he doesn't define True(x) to be = Theorem(x)


    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an elementary statement >>>>>>> which is true.

    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf

    Are you capable of ever paying complete attention?
    I hyper-focus instead. This makes most everyone
    else seem like they have severe attention deficit
    by contrast.


    Which says that Theorems are true statement, not that truth are
    proven statements.


    So you have no idea how true statements are derived
    from other true statements ?

    https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/


    Right, but the chain can be infinite, and thus not a proof.

    Right so we may never know if the Goldbach conjecture is true.

    But it must be either True or False.

    Your system can't handle that.

    Unknown is a value of Knowledge, not Truth.

    All you are doing is showing that you own system must be incomplete
    becuase it can't even HANDLE some statements that we know must have a
    truth value.


    It is not incomplete in the G||del sense.

    Then it is just inconsistant, and incomplete in the more general sense.

    You CAN'T have you goal of "all general knowledge" and Truth is Provable
    at the same time without having a broken system.


    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    No, because the word "Paradox" just means an APPARENT contradiction.

    For example, Zeno's paradox that seems to show that Achilies can't
    pass the Tortoise is resolved by noting that while you went through an
    infinite number of steps of logic, those only encompassed a finite
    amount of time, and after that Achilies does pass the Tortoise.


    paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?


    The Liar's Paradox gets resolved by seeing that the statement just
    doesn't have a Truth Value (Not all syntacticly valid statemente do)
    and thus isn't a Semantically valid statement, and the "Not" operator
    is being given an invalid value (or Not(not-a-truth-value) is just
    not-a- truth-value).


    Yes

    So (as the PREDICATE) True(LP) is false, and True(~LP) is also false.

    But if X = ~True(X) can't use this excape, as the "True" preidcate is
    ALWAYS a truth value, and thus ~True(X) is also ALWAYS a truth value.

    This is the problem with a truth predicate, it looses the escape valve
    of just using the not operator.


    This means that True(L, x) can be defined for the
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    No, because we can still express in that language statements that we
    can not know if they are true, like the Goldbach conjecture.


    Did you notice that those are not in the body of knowledge?
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    So, are you saying you language can only express statements already know
    to be true?

    In other words, it isn't a "logic" that allows discovery?

    The body of knowldege certainly understand the concepts of summing two numbers, of even numbers, and primes, so, if able to be inquisative, ask
    about the sums of primes and even numbers.

    This shows that you system just can't do what you want it to do, and you
    view of "semantics" is just insufficent to do what you want it to,


    Note, the True predicate has a domain of all syntactially valid
    expressions, and returns false for any that are semantically invalid.


    If X is unknown or
    semantically incoherent or
    simply not encoded then True(X)==FALSE and True(~X)==FALSE

    Nope.

    The fact we don't KNOW the truth of X doesn't affect the value returned
    by True(x)

    It seems you confuse Known with True, and not even go so far as Knowable.

    That means truth values in you system CHANGE over time, which is
    unacceptable in an actual logic system.


    Thus True(L, "The Goldbach Conjecture") needs to resolve that actual
    truth of that conjecture.


    This is the domain
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*
    The Goldbach Conjecture's truth value is not in that domain

    But is expressible in that language.

    I guess you are just asserting your system is just a repository of
    Knowledge, and WORTHLESS in dealing with statement not in its repository.


    All you are showing is your inability to understand the rules of the
    game you got in.


    After 28 years I have finally got it.

    Nop,e just showing you have lost it.



    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Eliminates a key issue that has plagued epistemology since 1951

    No, because it just admits its own limitation, and put forward a mis-
    defintion of Truth.


    The analytic/synthetic distinction was broken by Quine
    since 1951. I reframed it as the Analytic(Olcott) / Empirical
    distinction.

    But that isn't part of Formal Logic, just general Philosophy.

    It seems you don't even understand the scope of the field you are trying
    to talk about.



    https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-
    fbd6-1538-0000-000070cf64bc/Quine51.pdf


    Which is about Philosophy, not Logic, which is part of your problem,
    you don't understand the difference.

    I defined the computable subset of knowledge.


    No, you have failed to actually define anything.

    You have a concept for a worthless system to record knowledge that you
    can interograte to see if something was already known.
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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 14:21:33 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/4/2026 1:21 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 9:48 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 6:42 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 10:36 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 9:07 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 9:49 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 7:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 5:23 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 2:58 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 03/01/2026 17:30, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 10:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

    We begin by postulating a certain non void, definite
    class {E} of statements, which we call elementary
    statements...

    I didn't write that.


    That is part of how Curry defined True(x) rei Theorem(x)
    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf


    But he doesn't define True(x) to be = Theorem(x)


    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an elementary statement >>>>>>>> which is true.

    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf

    Are you capable of ever paying complete attention?
    I hyper-focus instead. This makes most everyone
    else seem like they have severe attention deficit
    by contrast.


    Which says that Theorems are true statement, not that truth are >>>>>>> proven statements.


    So you have no idea how true statements are derived
    from other true statements ?

    https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/


    Right, but the chain can be infinite, and thus not a proof.

    Right so we may never know if the Goldbach conjecture is true.

    But it must be either True or False.

    Your system can't handle that.

    Unknown is a value of Knowledge, not Truth.

    All you are doing is showing that you own system must be incomplete
    becuase it can't even HANDLE some statements that we know must have a
    truth value.


    It is not incomplete in the G||del sense.

    Then it is just inconsistant, and incomplete in the more general sense.

    You CAN'T have you goal of "all general knowledge" and Truth is Provable
    at the same time without having a broken system.


    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.


    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    No, because the word "Paradox" just means an APPARENT contradiction.

    For example, Zeno's paradox that seems to show that Achilies can't
    pass the Tortoise is resolved by noting that while you went through
    an infinite number of steps of logic, those only encompassed a finite
    amount of time, and after that Achilies does pass the Tortoise.


    paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?


    The Liar's Paradox gets resolved by seeing that the statement just
    doesn't have a Truth Value (Not all syntacticly valid statemente do)
    and thus isn't a Semantically valid statement, and the "Not" operator
    is being given an invalid value (or Not(not-a-truth-value) is just
    not-a- truth-value).


    Yes

    So (as the PREDICATE) True(LP) is false, and True(~LP) is also false.


    Indicating that LP is not a truth-bearer / proposition.

    But if X = ~True(X) can't use this excape, as the "True" preidcate is
    ALWAYS a truth value, and thus ~True(X) is also ALWAYS a truth value.


    We just went over this:
    LP is not a truth-bearer even when LP is called X.

    This is the problem with a truth predicate, it looses the escape valve
    of just using the not operator.


    This means that True(L, x) can be defined for the
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    No, because we can still express in that language statements that we
    can not know if they are true, like the Goldbach conjecture.


    Did you notice that those are not in the body of knowledge?
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    So, are you saying you language can only express statements already know
    to be true?


    Language can express the the truth value of
    the Goldbach conjecture is unknown.

    In other words, it isn't a "logic" that allows discovery?

    The body of knowldege certainly understand the concepts of summing two numbers, of even numbers, and primes, so, if able to be inquisative, ask about the sums of primes and even numbers.


    No infinite proof completes in finite time.
    Not even with the magic fairy dust of an
    Oracle Machine.

    This shows that you system just can't do what you want it to do, and you view of "semantics" is just insufficent to do what you want it to,


    I can't get my kitchen sink to bake me a birthday cake either.


    Note, the True predicate has a domain of all syntactially valid
    expressions, and returns false for any that are semantically invalid.


    If X is unknown or
    semantically incoherent or
    simply not encoded then True(X)==FALSE and True(~X)==FALSE

    Nope.


    I stipulate that is an element of the architecture
    that I am specifying. stipulated specifications
    can only be incorrect when they are impossible
    of incoheeent.

    The fact we don't KNOW the truth of X doesn't affect the value returned
    by True(x)


    Unknowns are not in the domain of knowledge.

    It seems you confuse Known with True, and not even go so far as Knowable.


    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.

    That means truth values in you system CHANGE over time, which is unacceptable in an actual logic system.


    Pluto being measured against updated criteria
    is no longer a planet.


    Thus True(L, "The Goldbach Conjecture") needs to resolve that actual
    truth of that conjecture.


    This is the domain
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*
    The Goldbach Conjecture's truth value is not in that domain

    But is expressible in that language.


    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    I guess you are just asserting your system is just a repository of Knowledge, and WORTHLESS in dealing with statement not in its repository.


    It is not an all knowing mind of God.


    All you are showing is your inability to understand the rules of the
    game you got in.


    After 28 years I have finally got it.

    Nop,e just showing you have lost it.



    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Eliminates a key issue that has plagued epistemology since 1951

    No, because it just admits its own limitation, and put forward a mis-
    defintion of Truth.


    The analytic/synthetic distinction was broken by Quine
    since 1951. I reframed it as the Analytic(Olcott) / Empirical
    distinction.

    But that isn't part of Formal Logic, just general Philosophy.


    My "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    within the body of knowledge specifies the precise subset
    of knowledge that can be computed on the basis of relations
    between finite strings. It also reframes the analytic/synthetic
    distinction with an unequivocal line-of-demarcation between
    Analytic(Olcott) and Empirical(Olcott).

    It seems you don't even understand the scope of the field you are trying
    to talk about.



    https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-
    fbd6-1538-0000-000070cf64bc/Quine51.pdf


    Which is about Philosophy, not Logic, which is part of your problem,
    you don't understand the difference.

    I defined the computable subset of knowledge.


    No, you have failed to actually define anything.


    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    You have a concept for a worthless system to record knowledge that you
    can interograte to see if something was already known.

    That you require an acceptable system to be the
    omniscient mind of God is a category error.
    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 15:23:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/4/26 3:21 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 1:21 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 9:48 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 6:42 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 10:36 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 9:07 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 9:49 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 8:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 7:35 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 5:23 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 2:58 PM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 03/01/2026 17:30, olcott wrote:
    On 1/3/2026 10:58 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:

    We begin by postulating a certain non void, definite >>>>>>>>>>>>> class {E} of statements, which we call elementary
    statements...

    I didn't write that.


    That is part of how Curry defined True(x) rei Theorem(x) >>>>>>>>>>> https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf


    But he doesn't define True(x) to be = Theorem(x)


    Thus, given {T}, an elementary theorem is an elementary statement >>>>>>>>> which is true.

    https://www.liarparadox.org/Haskell_Curry_45.pdf

    Are you capable of ever paying complete attention?
    I hyper-focus instead. This makes most everyone
    else seem like they have severe attention deficit
    by contrast.


    Which says that Theorems are true statement, not that truth are >>>>>>>> proven statements.


    So you have no idea how true statements are derived
    from other true statements ?

    https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/


    Right, but the chain can be infinite, and thus not a proof.

    Right so we may never know if the Goldbach conjecture is true.

    But it must be either True or False.

    Your system can't handle that.

    Unknown is a value of Knowledge, not Truth.

    All you are doing is showing that you own system must be incomplete
    becuase it can't even HANDLE some statements that we know must have
    a truth value.


    It is not incomplete in the G||del sense.

    Then it is just inconsistant, and incomplete in the more general sense.

    You CAN'T have you goal of "all general knowledge" and Truth is
    Provable at the same time without having a broken system.


    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.


    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    No, because the word "Paradox" just means an APPARENT contradiction.

    For example, Zeno's paradox that seems to show that Achilies can't
    pass the Tortoise is resolved by noting that while you went through
    an infinite number of steps of logic, those only encompassed a
    finite amount of time, and after that Achilies does pass the Tortoise. >>>>

    paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?


    The Liar's Paradox gets resolved by seeing that the statement just
    doesn't have a Truth Value (Not all syntacticly valid statemente do)
    and thus isn't a Semantically valid statement, and the "Not"
    operator is being given an invalid value (or Not(not-a-truth-value)
    is just not-a- truth-value).


    Yes

    So (as the PREDICATE) True(LP) is false, and True(~LP) is also false.


    Indicating that LP is not a truth-bearer / proposition.

    But if X = ~True(X) can't use this excape, as the "True" preidcate is
    ALWAYS a truth value, and thus ~True(X) is also ALWAYS a truth value.


    We just went over this:
    LP is not a truth-bearer even when LP is called X.

    This is the problem with a truth predicate, it looses the escape valve
    of just using the not operator.


    This means that True(L, x) can be defined for the
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    No, because we can still express in that language statements that we
    can not know if they are true, like the Goldbach conjecture.


    Did you notice that those are not in the body of knowledge?
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*

    So, are you saying you language can only express statements already
    know to be true?


    Language can express the the truth value of
    the Goldbach conjecture is unknown.

    In other words, it isn't a "logic" that allows discovery?

    The body of knowldege certainly understand the concepts of summing two
    numbers, of even numbers, and primes, so, if able to be inquisative,
    ask about the sums of primes and even numbers.


    No infinite proof completes in finite time.
    Not even with the magic fairy dust of an
    Oracle Machine.

    This shows that you system just can't do what you want it to do, and
    you view of "semantics" is just insufficent to do what you want it to,


    I can't get my kitchen sink to bake me a birthday cake either.


    Note, the True predicate has a domain of all syntactially valid
    expressions, and returns false for any that are semantically invalid.


    If X is unknown or
    semantically incoherent or
    simply not encoded then True(X)==FALSE and True(~X)==FALSE

    Nope.


    I stipulate that is an element of the architecture
    that I am specifying. stipulated specifications
    can only be incorrect when they are impossible
    of incoheeent.

    The fact we don't KNOW the truth of X doesn't affect the value
    returned by True(x)


    Unknowns are not in the domain of knowledge.

    It seems you confuse Known with True, and not even go so far as Knowable.


    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.
    domain of knowledge.

    That means truth values in you system CHANGE over time, which is
    unacceptable in an actual logic system.


    Pluto being measured against updated criteria
    is no longer a planet.


    Thus True(L, "The Goldbach Conjecture") needs to resolve that actual
    truth of that conjecture.


    This is the domain
    *entire body of knowledge expressed in language*
    The Goldbach Conjecture's truth value is not in that domain

    But is expressible in that language.


    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    I guess you are just asserting your system is just a repository of
    Knowledge, and WORTHLESS in dealing with statement not in its repository.


    It is not an all knowing mind of God.


    All you are showing is your inability to understand the rules of the
    game you got in.


    After 28 years I have finally got it.

    Nop,e just showing you have lost it.



    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    Eliminates a key issue that has plagued epistemology since 1951

    No, because it just admits its own limitation, and put forward a
    mis- defintion of Truth.


    The analytic/synthetic distinction was broken by Quine
    since 1951. I reframed it as the Analytic(Olcott) / Empirical
    distinction.

    But that isn't part of Formal Logic, just general Philosophy.


    My "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"
    within the body of knowledge specifies the precise subset
    of knowledge that can be computed on the basis of relations
    between finite strings. It also reframes the analytic/synthetic
    distinction with an unequivocal line-of-demarcation between
    Analytic(Olcott) and Empirical(Olcott).

    It seems you don't even understand the scope of the field you are
    trying to talk about.



    https://www.theologie.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:ffffffff-
    fbd6-1538-0000-000070cf64bc/Quine51.pdf


    Which is about Philosophy, not Logic, which is part of your problem,
    you don't understand the difference.

    I defined the computable subset of knowledge.


    No, you have failed to actually define anything.


    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    So?

    The problem is we want to derive things that aren't yet in the body of knowledge.

    And, the relationship between finite strings is often not what you
    consider the "meaning of the words", as the strings often aren't just words.


    You have a concept for a worthless system to record knowledge that you
    can interograte to see if something was already known.

    That you require an acceptable system to be the
    omniscient mind of God is a category error.


    That you require the system to be impotent, and not able to talk about something unknow makes it worthless.
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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 14:32:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/4/2026 2:23 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 3:21 PM, olcott wrote:

    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    So?


    That is the conclusive proof that I am correct.

    The problem is we want to derive things that aren't yet in the body of knowledge.


    If you want to know the name of your wife's
    mother and you have not met your wife yet
    then the answer is not available by any means.

    Once the body of general knowledge is fully
    populated an intelligent system can derive
    brand new knowledge on the basis of semantic
    entailment from this basis.

    And, the relationship between finite strings is often not what you
    consider the "meaning of the words", as the strings often aren't just
    words.


    I made sure to never limit it to words.


    You have a concept for a worthless system to record knowledge that
    you can interograte to see if something was already known.

    That you require an acceptable system to be the
    omniscient mind of God is a category error.


    That you require the system to be impotent, and not able to talk about something unknow makes it worthless.
    --
    Copyright 2026 Olcott<br><br>

    My 28 year goal has been to make <br>
    "true on the basis of meaning expressed in language"<br>
    reliably computable.<br><br>

    This required establishing a new foundation<br>
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Sun Jan 4 15:45:15 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/4/26 3:32 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 2:23 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 3:21 PM, olcott wrote:

    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    So?


    That is the conclusive proof that I am correct.

    No it isn't. That doesn't make Truth computable, it makes everything computable true.


    The problem is we want to derive things that aren't yet in the body of
    knowledge.


    If you want to know the name of your wife's
    mother and you have not met your wife yet
    then the answer is not available by any means.\

    So? She still has a name.


    Once the body of general knowledge is fully
    populated an intelligent system can derive
    brand new knowledge on the basis of semantic
    entailment from this basis.

    Not if you don't allow it to be expressed.

    You just said we couldn't write Goldbach's conjecture as it wasn't
    knowledge.

    If you can't write what isn't know, you can't write a proof to make it
    known.


    And, the relationship between finite strings is often not what you
    consider the "meaning of the words", as the strings often aren't just
    words.


    I made sure to never limit it to words.

    You have at times.

    Note, it also isn't limited to FINTE strings of deduction, and thus the results aren't proofs.

    Goldbach's conjecture might be true based on an infinite string of
    operations, the testing of every Natural Number, and showing it can be expressed as the sum of two primes.



    You have a concept for a worthless system to record knowledge that
    you can interograte to see if something was already known.

    That you require an acceptable system to be the
    omniscient mind of God is a category error.


    That you require the system to be impotent, and not able to talk about
    something unknow makes it worthless.



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  • From Tristan Wibberley@tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Mon Jan 5 05:11:10 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 04/01/2026 12:42, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/3/26 10:36 PM, olcott wrote:

    We do now that all paradoxes resolve to nonsense.

    No, because the word "Paradox" just means an APPARENT contradiction.

    No, it means an apparently valid apparent contradiction. But definitely
    not nonsense because epithoretically there is structure and therefore
    meaning.


    The Liar's Paradox gets resolved by seeing that the statement just
    doesn't have a Truth Value (Not all syntacticly valid statemente do) and
    thus isn't a Semantically valid statement, and the "Not" operator is
    being given an invalid value (or Not(not-a-truth-value) is just not-a-truth-value).

    The term "lie" in the axioms of the system of the liar paradox invalidly assigns the statement to the class of things deterministically having a
    truth value (having exactly one truth value) when it can be deduced that
    it is not a member of that class - that is the contradiction which is
    actually present. I wonder if that is the proper characteristic of an inconsistent system. I am interested to know of well-received works on
    that matter in particular.

    I qualify my use of "invalidly" above as being produced intuitively. I
    reserve the right to be corrected shamelessly on nuanced technical grounds.
    --
    Tristan Wibberley

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    promote my greatness and general superiority without misrepresentation
    of my opinions other than my opinion of my greatness and general
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  • From Tristan Wibberley@tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Mon Jan 5 06:22:16 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 04/01/2026 19:21, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?

    It's nondeterministic because "..." has more than one meaning for the
    effect it has extending the series. It's not nonsense because it's not a statement.

    +ureOreireU 2->rU+

    /is/ deterministic, however... it's 1.

    You might be mapping time nonlinearly whereby each imagined change
    occurs in its imagined reality at a constant +oreL from the previous. It's
    a common affliction among classical mediterranean philosophers.
    --
    Tristan Wibberley

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    promote my greatness and general superiority without misrepresentation
    of my opinions other than my opinion of my greatness and general
    superiority which you _may_ misrepresent. You definitely MAY NOT train
    any production AI system with it but you may train experimental AI that
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  • From wij@wyniijj5@gmail.com to sci.math on Mon Jan 5 14:43:11 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On Mon, 2026-01-05 at 06:22 +0000, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 04/01/2026 19:21, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?

    It's nondeterministic because "..." has more than one meaning for the
    effect it has extending the series. It's not nonsense because it's not a statement.

    +ureOreireU 2->rU+

    /is/ deterministic, however... it's 1.
    You just repeat what is told, brainlessly.-aLots of rumors about infinity are there.
    Repeating decimal is irrational. https://sourceforge.net/projects/cscall/files/MisFiles/RealNumber2-en.txt/download
    You might be mapping time nonlinearly whereby each imagined change
    occurs in its imagined reality at a constant +oreL from the previous. It's
    a common affliction among classical mediterranean philosophers.

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  • From Tristan Wibberley@tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Mon Jan 5 07:30:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 04/01/2026 20:45, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 3:32 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 2:23 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 3:21 PM, olcott wrote:

    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    So?


    That is the conclusive proof that I am correct.

    No it isn't. That doesn't make Truth computable, it makes everything computable true.


    The problem is we want to derive things that aren't yet in the body
    of knowledge.


    If you want to know the name of your wife's
    mother and you have not met your wife yet
    then the answer is not available by any means.\

    So? She still has a name.

    Is this how the church banned divorce and also remarriage after a
    bereavement?

    They'd made an AI knowledge-base and used the same axiom that you just did?

    Henry VIII made a more sophisticated one and the rest is history. It was
    a system that attested reality and was written in prolog: protestant.
    --
    Tristan Wibberley

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    promote my greatness and general superiority without misrepresentation
    of my opinions other than my opinion of my greatness and general
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Mon Jan 5 07:28:21 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/5/26 1:22 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 04/01/2026 19:21, Richard Damon wrote:

    So, the sum of the number 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 ... is nonsense?

    It's nondeterministic because "..." has more than one meaning for the
    effect it has extending the series. It's not nonsense because it's not a statement.

    Not in the system I was working in. Maybe I was less than clear which
    one that was.


    +ureOreireU 2->rU+

    /is/ deterministic, however... it's 1.

    You might be mapping time nonlinearly whereby each imagined change
    occurs in its imagined reality at a constant +oreL from the previous. It's
    a common affliction among classical mediterranean philosophers.


    And that was Zeno's error, as he was talking about events in "the real
    world" where that isn't how it works. Perhaps that was part of his
    error, that he was thinking he was in such a system.
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory,sci.logic,sci.math on Mon Jan 5 07:28:30 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.math

    On 1/5/26 2:30 AM, Tristan Wibberley wrote:
    On 04/01/2026 20:45, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 3:32 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 1/4/2026 2:23 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 1/4/26 3:21 PM, olcott wrote:

    It is categorically impossible to derive any element
    of the body of knowledge that can be expressed in
    language that is not entirely comprised of some relation
    between finite strings.

    So?


    That is the conclusive proof that I am correct.

    No it isn't. That doesn't make Truth computable, it makes everything
    computable true.


    The problem is we want to derive things that aren't yet in the body
    of knowledge.


    If you want to know the name of your wife's
    mother and you have not met your wife yet
    then the answer is not available by any means.\

    So? She still has a name.

    Is this how the church banned divorce and also remarriage after a bereavement?

    And what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

    The point is that statements are True or False, not on the basis of what
    we happen to know, but on the facts, known or unknown, and thus
    Knowledge is not a valid basis to DEFINE truth, but can perhaps be a
    test to help us determine if something it true.

    It seems you make some of the same errors as Olcott, and do not
    understand the fundamental difference between the field called Formal
    Logic, with its rigidly defined terms, and the more general Philosophy,
    where such rules do not exist.


    They'd made an AI knowledge-base and used the same axiom that you just did?

    Henry VIII made a more sophisticated one and the rest is history. It was
    a system that attested reality and was written in prolog: protestant.


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