[Nomic] Exception that proves the rule

[John-Joseph Wilks]

>>>The "Exception That Proves The" Rule
>>>
>>>A rule may override another rule if and only if it mentions that rule by
>>>name. The only exception is this rule, which overrides all others,
>>>except those which mention it by name.
>>>---
>>
>>
>>I'll consent to this proposal. Although I note that a rule only has to 
>>mention another rule to be allowed to override it, not state that it is 
>>overriding it, which could lead to some amusing loopholes ...
>>

I consent too, that sounds like fun :)
>
>
>I also consent, and suggest the following as a partner:
>
>The "dissapeared in a puff of logic" Rule
>
>If a change to the rules is about to be, or has been, made under the
>"Mutability of the Rules" rule, and someone can demonstrate that this 
>interacts with existing rules to give contradictory behaviour, then the 
>rules do not change and the change becomes "pending". If at some point in 
>the future a "pending" rule change does not have contradictory behaviour, 
>it becomes part of the ruleset. This explicitly overrides the "Mutability 
>of the Rules" rule.

I'm not sure the wording of that is quite tight enough, I think it should be 
more like '...demonstrate that the addition of this rule to the current 
ruleset would either cause a paradox in the ruleset, or allow an action to 
be taken which would have paradoxical result, then the rules do not 
change...'
Then you need to explicitly add "pending" rules to the ruleset one at a 
time, to ensure that you can't end up adding two pending ones 
simultaneously, neither of which conflicts with the previous set but which 
conflict with each other.

JJ

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