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 > _______________________________________________ > spoon-business mailing list > spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-business > Are we going to have to declare an emergency right after this one? _______________________________________________ spoon-discuss mailing list spoon-discuss@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/spoon-discuss