Josiah Worcester on Sat, 1 Dec 2007 06:17:54 +0100 (CET)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation


On Friday 30 November 2007 22:15:47 Mike McGann 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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Are we going to have to declare an emergency right after this one?

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