On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Jamie Dallaire wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Charles Reiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:52, Alex Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> A nomic ruleset is defined as follows:
>>> {{{
>>> A nomic ruleset is a set of explicit rules that provides means
>>> for itself to be altered arbitrarily, including changes to those
>>> rules that govern rule changes. Not all rule changes need be
>>> possible in one step; an arbitrarily complex combination of
>>> actions (possibly including intermediate rule changes) can be
>>> required, so long as any rule change is theoretically achievable
>>> in finite time.
> As argued by ais523, we do not (perhaps cannot) know whether Wooble is
> governed by a set of rules. Ergo, I would argue, IF e is governed by a set
> of rules, they are clearly not -explicitly- defined anywhere. Unless you're
> into the existence of platonic concepts. And I think those are a bit of a
> silly invention.
Also, not all rule changes to Wooble are theoretically achievable
in finite time.
