thomblake comments on From the "weird math questions" department... - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 10 August 2012 04:45:15PM 0 points [-]

I'm pretty sure that there is a method to determine the fake status of any oracle in finite time.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 10 August 2012 05:18:24PM *  1 point [-]

If there is such a method, it has to get around cousin_it's argument below. I believe you can only enumerate fake oracles, not answer if an oracle is fake or real, in finite time.