Formal-ity and the Church-Turing thesis

[rusi]

On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 10:46:50 AM UTC+5:30, Ravi Sahni wrote:
> With due respect Sir, you saying that Turing machine not a machine?
> Very confusion Sir!!!

Thanks Ravi for the 'due respect' though it is a bit out of place on a list like this :-)

Thanks even more for the 'very confusion'.  I can tell you being a teacher for 25 years that the most terrifying thing is the Dunning Kruger effect -- students who are utterly clueless and dont have a frigging clue about that.

Ive seen PhDs in CS ask questions in compiler-related degree projects that they would not ask if they really understood the halting problem.
[Or were you suggestig that I am the confused? :-) ]

So yes, its a big thing to be confused and to accept that.

To explain at length will be too long and OT (off-topic) for this list.
I'll just give you a link and you tell me what you make of it:
http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/Secondary/Whorfframe2.html
[mainly concentrate on the first section]