> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 12:00 PM ATMunn via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> 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 :)
On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 at 02:05, Rebecca via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3411 Past discussions: It came up in the discussion thread "The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen (Attn. Distributor)" in Jan-Feb. Maye start at https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-discussion/2020-January/056441.html >From that thread, this Oct 2018 thread "What if a player dies?" was linked, with the comment that discussion petered out with no conclusion: https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-discussion@agoranomic.org/msg45140.html - Falsifian
