[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
> 
> 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
> 
> 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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