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    Challenges→Feasibility is preserved under limited recursion on notation

    If feasibility is an epistemic or pragmatic notion tracking humanly tractable computation, then formal closure under recursion on notation conflates mathematical tractability with physical realizability.

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    Conflate(the criticism being made in the statement)
    To mistakenly treat two different things as if they were the same thing.
    Epistemic
    "Epistemic" relates to knowledge—how we know things, what counts as knowledge, and whether we can trust what we believe to be true. It comes from the Greek word for knowledge and is used to describe questions about the reliability and validity of our beliefs and understanding. For example, "epistemic humility" means acknowledging the limits of what you can actually know for certain.
    Formal closure under recursion(the subject being criticized in the statement)
    A situation where a set of mathematical rules or symbols can keep applying themselves (recursion) without ever leaving the system—everything stays within the formal rules and symbols.
    Mathematical tractability(being contrasted with physical realizability)
    Whether a math problem can be solved in a reasonable amount of time using formal logic and rules, without worrying about real-world limits.

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    Physical realizability(the other meaning of 'simulation' in the argument)
    Whether something can actually be built or created in the real, physical world (not just in theory).
    Pragmatic(as used in philosophy of language and meaning)
    Focused on practical, real-world effects and usefulness rather than just abstract theory.
    notation(Syntactical and semantic foundation for symbol systems)
    A symbol system in which each symbol corresponds to exactly one item in the realm, and each item in the realm corresponds to exactly one symbol in the system.
    recursion(HCF's characterization of the core property of FLN)
    A cognitive universal capacity posited by HCF that underlies not only natural language but also arithmetic (counting and the successor function), and possibly navigation and social relations; not defined over specifically linguistic inputs and outputs.
    tractable(describes how plausible or workable a philosophical theory is)
    Easy to work with, manage, or make sense of; not causing problems or being too difficult to deal with.

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