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

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 29, 2004, at 10:59 AM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > > -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.-

"Greater than" is not a reflexive relationship. "Greater than or equal 
to" is.

If you claim that B Nomic is greater than itself, then we have a 
problem, as nothing can be greater than itself, and therefore logically 
B Nomic must not exist.

That's a Bad Thing (tm).

--
Wonko
Award Wonko a Win.
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