[Nomic] Three proposals
Stuart Moore
nomic-talk at srcf.ucam.org
Thu Sep 23 01:21:02 2004
Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
> I would like to propose three changes, each of which creates a new rule:
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> Rule of Self-Image
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> The game shall have a name, which will be "Terrapin Nomic".
I'm sure we can do better than that.
I'd go for "What happens when too many geeks have too much time" but I
admit this isn't very snappy.
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> Rule of Conflict
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> If a Judgement Procedure as defined by the rules determines that two or
> more rules are in conflict and that it it not clear from the rules which
> of them should take precedence, the entity which initiated that
> Judgement Procedure may create and publically present a Conflict
> Resolution Roadmap.
>
> A Conflict Resolution Roadmap is a document which describes changes to
> the rules intended solely to remove the conflict in question. Once a CRR
> has been presented, the changes it describes will take effect on the
> rules. Any changes described by a Conflict Resolution Roadmap which have
> effects other than to resolve the conflict the Roadmap was created to
> address will not be applied and the creator of the Roadmap will be
> guilty of the crime of Deviousness.
Sounds good. We could end up with someone initiating a Judgement
Procedure and then buggering off, but hey. I give consent
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> And There Shall Be No Lizardmen
>
> Any entity which is a member of the List of Voters may cause itself to
> be immediately removed from the List of Voters by publically announcing
> itself to be a lizardman from Antares IV. The entity in question is
> encouraged to use this opportunity to mock the puny humans for their
> pathetic inability to see the truth until it was too late.
I consent
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