https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3411
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM ATMunn via agora-business < [email protected]> wrote: > I feel like I vaguely recall this being discussed at some point > previously, but I thought I would go for it anyways. > > I initiate a Call for Judgement on the following statement: "If a player > dies unbeknownst to all persons involved in Agora, e is still a person." > > Rule 869 states that > Any organism that is generally capable of freely originating and > communicating independent thoughts and ideas is a person. Rules to > the contrary notwithstanding, no other entities are persons. > > If someone dies, e is no longer capable of freely originating and > communicating independent thoughts and ideas; therefore, e is not a > person. FALSE. > > ...but if nobody knows that e died, then e has to still be a person. We > can't assume without proof that anyone is dead and declare em not a > person. So PARADOXICAL? Maybe? > > -- > ATMunn > friendly neighborhood notary here :) > -- >From R. Lee
