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

["Baron von Skippy" <bvs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>> -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.
>
-Only if you look at it mathmatically. In economics, the principle of reflexivity says that for any set of goods a, a is better than or equal to a. Besides, "B Nomic is better than anything except itself, which it is only equal to" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily.-

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