Re: Olcott is cured of CrackPottery! (Halting Problem)

From: Kent Paul Dolan (xanthian_at_well.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:17:16 +0000 (UTC)

"Peter Olcott" <olcott@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> In retrospect it was apparently me that was wrong all along.
> Alan Turing was right, and from this I will venture to make
> an educated guess that Kurt Gödel was also right.

And Bertrand Russell, and ...

> I doubt if I will ever venture to these two places again, but,
> if I do it will be with much greater humility.

I give it three months and you'll be enmired in the exact same
mess somewhere else.

xanthian. 

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