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No, it was three separate situations. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. It is applicable to t1, but given the supertask described in P3 there’s no coherent ...
May 13, 2024 at 18:10
P1. When the letter X is given a definition it retains this definition until it is redefined. A1. At t0 X = 0 A2. Therefore, at t1 X = 0 B1. At t0 X =...
May 13, 2024 at 15:17
Consider the infinite sequence {0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ...}. Now consider reciting its terms in reverse. To recite its terms in reverse I am only allowed t...
May 13, 2024 at 14:52
It literally does. No you didn't. You ignored it and just said "when the time comes I say the next number". That doesn't explain how the recitation ca...
May 13, 2024 at 13:48
According to this, "many philosophers have argued that relativity implies eternalism. Philosopher of science Dean Rickles says that, "the consensus am...
May 13, 2024 at 10:13
This is what I mean by reciting backwards: If I recite the natural numbers <= 10 backwards then I recite 10, then 9, then 8, etc. If I recite the natu...
May 13, 2024 at 08:28
Just the ordinary meaning of "start", e.g. "begin". You ask me, right now, to recite the natural numbers in descending order. How do I begin to perfor...
May 13, 2024 at 08:03
I accept this: P1. If we can recite forward 1, 2, 3, ... at successively halved intervals of time then we can recite all natural numbers in finite tim...
May 13, 2024 at 07:58
I cannot start reciting the natural numbers in descending order because there is no first natural number for me to start with. That a geometric series...
May 12, 2024 at 14:55
No, I'm saying that something with no start cannot start and something with no end cannot end. Your argument is effectively "by definition it has no s...
May 12, 2024 at 13:42
But we're talking about supertasks, not geometric series. That a geometric series is possible isn't that a supertask is possible. Given that there is ...
May 12, 2024 at 13:37
There is no first natural number to start with. It is logically impossible to have started reciting the natural numbers in descending order.
May 12, 2024 at 08:55
I don't think it impossible for a geometric series to complete. I think it impossible to have recited every natural number in descending order. My iss...
May 12, 2024 at 08:52
Your responses do not address my claim hence why I have to repeat it.
May 11, 2024 at 15:22
It does follow. My belief that aliens exist makes the proposition "I believe that aliens exist" true. Therefore, your claim that "a belief cannot make...
May 11, 2024 at 15:19
It is logically impossible to have recited every natural number in descending order because it is logically impossible to even start such a task.
May 11, 2024 at 13:24
So you’re claiming that it’s logically possible to have recited the natural numbers in descending order. That’s evidently absurd.
May 11, 2024 at 13:13
Does it? Consider these two supertasks: a. I said "0", 30 seconds after that I said "1", 15 seconds after that I said "2", 7.5 seconds after that I sa...
May 11, 2024 at 13:05
I haven't claimed otherwise. I have only claimed this: "I believe that aliens exist" is true iff I believe that aliens exist. Therefore his conclusion...
May 11, 2024 at 10:12
I said this: You responded with this: I gave you this reference: So I ask again: can you prove that it's metaphysically possible for me to halve the t...
May 11, 2024 at 09:25
Maybe I'm not being clear, so I'll try one more time. Here are two proposed supertasks: a. I said "0", 30 seconds after that I said "1", 15 seconds af...
May 11, 2024 at 09:18
No I'm not. I'm only saying that "I believe that aliens exist" is true iff I believe that aliens exist. Therefore your conclusion that "a belief canno...
May 11, 2024 at 09:07
As per Tarski’s T-schema, “P” is true iff P. As such, “I believe that aliens exist” is true iff I believe that aliens exist.
May 10, 2024 at 22:54
You think that the super task I described might be logically possible? How would you start it?
May 10, 2024 at 20:49
I’ll repeat something I said above: The fact that there is a bijection between the series of time intervals and the series of natural numbers and that...
May 10, 2024 at 20:34
The lamp starts off. Every time the clock ticks a lamp turns from off to on or from on to off as applicable. Thomson's lamp shows that this leads to a...
May 10, 2024 at 20:01
Take my explanation of Thomson's lamp above: The important part is in bold. If there is a problem with the button-pressing procedure, which there is i...
May 10, 2024 at 19:33
So you deny that “I believe that aliens exist” is a proposition?
May 10, 2024 at 18:00
The fact that there is a bijection between the series of time intervals and the series of natural numbers and that the sum of the series of time inter...
May 10, 2024 at 07:58
I don't disagree with a premise. I simply prove the conclusion false, and therefore prove that one of the premises is false or that the conclusion doe...
May 09, 2024 at 20:56
Your argument is: P1: A stance taken on the truthity of something, is independent of the truthity of that something. P2: A belief is a (cognitive) sta...
May 09, 2024 at 16:25
I was addressing this conclusion: Nowhere in this conclusion is the term "moral" used. My example of "I believe that aliens exist" being true iff I be...
May 09, 2024 at 12:21
I'm going to address Benacerraf's Tasks, Super-Tasks, and the Modern Eleatics: The fallacy in his reasoning is that it does not acknowledge that for a...
May 09, 2024 at 12:11
"I believe that aliens exist" is true iff I believe that aliens exist
May 09, 2024 at 08:57
Well, this is a publicly visible forum so nothing stops ChatGPT from visiting the website and copying what shows on the page. It's possible to stop th...
May 09, 2024 at 08:41
So you're saying that it's possible to have recited the natural numbers in ascending order and possible to have recorded this on audio but impossible ...
May 09, 2024 at 08:03
No, it doesn't. Saying that it is an infinite sequence of operations means that it isn't a finite sequence of operations. I'm asking you to make sense...
May 08, 2024 at 16:05
What does it mean for every operation to occur without some final operation occurring? As it stands your definition is a contradiction.
May 08, 2024 at 15:40
How can a sequence of operations in which each operation is performed only after the previous operation is performed complete without there being a fi...
May 08, 2024 at 14:31
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_possibility#Types_of_subjunctive_possibility
May 08, 2024 at 13:51
It could be anything. The problem has nothing to do with the operation being performed and everything to do with continually halving the time between ...
May 08, 2024 at 11:32
Argument 1 Premise: I said "0", 30 seconds after that I said "1", 15 seconds after that I said "2", 7.5 seconds after that I said "3", and so on ad in...
May 08, 2024 at 09:44
After 60 seconds I said "0", 30 seconds before that I said "1", 15 seconds before that I said "2", 7.5 seconds before that I said "3", and so on ad in...
May 08, 2024 at 09:34
No you haven't. Your premise begs the question and simply asserts that all the natural numbers have been recited within 60 seconds.
May 08, 2024 at 09:25
No, we're reciting the numbers in descending order. It's impossible to do, even in principle. The fact that we can baselessly assert that I recite the...
May 08, 2024 at 09:11
It begs the question. Your premise is necessarily false. Such a supertask is impossible, even in principle, to start. You just listed five rational nu...
May 08, 2024 at 08:57
Because it begs the question. What number do you recite after 1? That's not counting down from infinity. That's just reciting five rational numbers.
May 08, 2024 at 08:51
Tasks are performed ad infinitum. I never stop counting. There's always another number to count. I'm talking about reciting the numbers. So imagine so...
May 08, 2024 at 08:31
If supertasks are impossible and motion is possible then motion isn't a supertask. By definition supertasks are non-terminating processes, therefore y...
May 08, 2024 at 07:59
What paper are you reading? From the conclusion to Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?:
May 07, 2024 at 14:21