Zarpint Jeremy Cook on 29 Jan 2004 00:58:52 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Improving the game


Hence, "Conan Paradox."

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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Joel Uckelman wrote:

> Thus spake "Baron von Skippy":
> >
> > -Perhaps I should explain why I propose this. It's not just the dead-end decl
> > aration of superiority it seems. Declaring that B Nomic is better than anythi
> > ng implies:  B Nomic is better than sex. B Nomic is better than peyote (which
> > , as I recall, was at least considered for inclusion in the motto). B Nomic i
> > s better than two other games of B Nomic, both of which are better than each
> > other and it. B Nomic is better than Rules 10, 33, and 1702. B Nomic is bette
> > r than the adjective "better."
>
> Wouldn't it also entail that B Nomic is better than itself? I think it's a
> logical truth that for all x, x is not better than x.
>
> --
> J.
>
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