Jamie Dallaire on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:39:23 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-b] Consultations on the Pencil Sharpener


On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> {Question: Are the answers to Pondered Consultations correct, after
>> the Consultations become Pondered?
>> Unbeliever: ehird
>> Arguments: if not, then what the fuck is the point of Consultations?
>> Also, if not, then lots of PDs have been treated as correct because
>> they reflected game reality as described by Pondered Consultations,
>> possibly without actually doing so; these having not been ratified,
>> there have been unfulfilled ministerial obligations at various points
>> and we're probably in some sort of clock crisis.}
>
> This is Consultation 168.
>
>>
>> {Question: Do the answers to Pondered Consultations become correct
>> when the Consultations become Pondered?
>> Unbeliever: ehird
>> Arguments: Assuming the above to be found TRUE, as it should be (IMO),
>> either they become correct when Pondered or they are understood to
>> have always been correct. Since we have the power to find Inconsistent
>> those Consultations that don't plausibly reflect pre-Consultation game
>> reality, I'm inclined to think the answer is No - their truth value
>> does not change as a result of being Pondered; they're just the final
>> word on what was or was not already the case.}
>
> This is Consultation 169.
>

I assign Consultations 168 and 169 to Priest Murphy.

Billy Pilgrim
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