plausible means something akin to "there is a colorable argument that it is true". if you are convinced that there is a reasonable argument that it's related to the Rulekeepor's duties, that's probably enough. However, mere ambiguity or unsureness isn't.
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:00 AM Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > On 6/19/2020 5:49 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 5:35 PM nch via agora-discussion < > > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > >> On 6/19/20 7:26 PM, Kerim Aydin via agora-official wrote: > >>> The below CFJ is 3853. I assign it to nch. > >>> > >>> status:https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3853 > >>> > >>> =============================== CFJ 3853 > >> =============================== > >>> > >>> Within the past week, Jason committed the crime of Uncertain > >>> Certification. > >>> > >>> > >> > ========================================================================== > >> > >> As someone who strongly opposed the relevant rule, specifically because > >> of its ambiguity, I feel like I've been Cassandra'd. > >> > > > > > > Gratuitous: > > > > Plausibly is the opposite of manifestly. If you ask whether something is > > manifestly X, then if you're not sure the thing is X, the answer is no. > > When you ask whether something is plausibly X, if you're not sure if it's > > X, the answer is yes. So if you're sure it isn't related to Rulekeepor > this > > is TRUE, otherwise it is FALSE. This part of the rule was deliberately > > written in such a way as to minimize the ambiguity that would otherwise > > result. > > Something of a counter: > > "Plausible: reasonable or probable". That doesn't sound to me like > "ambiguity = yes" it sounds to me like preponderance of the logic/reason, > and reasonableness can take into account things like good of the game and > so forth. (By your definition, it's plausible that the Arbitor can do > this with any bug, because someone might call a cfj about it. But that > doesn't seem "reasonable" so seems against the actual dictionary > definition of the term). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- >From R. Lee
