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Subject: Re: A halting problem
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Date: Wed, 29-Jan-86 10:09:20 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 29 10:09:20 1986
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> In article <493@hounx.UUCP> kort@hounx.UUCP (B.KORT) writes:
> >The mind runs many infinite loops. 
> 
> Actually, the human mind doesn't run any infinite loops, unless you
> believe in the hereafter.

Isn't this like saying that a computer doesn't run any infinite loops
because it, as the human, doesn't have infinite life?

Isn't an infinite loop one that *would* repeat forever barring intervention
(eg ^C, pulling the plug or death)?
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