Re: [s-b] Consultation

["Jamie Dallaire" <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

This one is Consultation Number 55 which I assign to Priest pikhq because he
seems freaked out :-0

Billy Pilgrim

On Dec 1, 2007 12:15 AM, Mike McGann <mike.mcgann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> How about this one?
>
> I submit the following Consultation:
>
> {{ Is there a paradox with a Player being an Object? }}
>
> Reasoning:
> Rule 1-3 states "An External Force is anything which exists
> independently of the game. That is, it would still exist if the game
> stopped existing, and would still exist if the game had never started
> existing."
>
> Is an External Force an Object? If yes, they anything which exists
> independently of the game must be a part of the game by Rule 1-2. If
> no, then External Forces cannot be Objects and therefore are not in
> the game.
>
> Rule 1-4 states "A Player is an Outsider who..."
>
> Rule 1-3 states "An Outsider is an External Force which is also an
> Object."
>
> A Player is an Outsider and is an External Force. A Player is an
> Object by being an Outsider and is not an Object by being an External
> Force. Both cannot be true. This can be resolved if an External Force
> is an Object, but then everything that exists independently is also in
> the game. It can be resolved if a Player is not an Object but then
> there are no Players in the game.
>
> - Hose
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