On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Alex Smith <ais...@bham.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 10:24 -0400, Craig Daniel wrote:
>> The above is intended primarily to weigh in on the subject of the
>> success of Fool's scam. However, just in case it was buggy (case 2 or
>> 4 above), I submit the following two promises:
>>
>> {{
>> Title: I've had the time of my life
>> Text: I transfer 1 Yak to the casher
>> Cashing condition: Casher is a first-class player.
>> Destruction by author condition:
>> The promise titled "and the life of my time" CAN be destroyed by
>> its author with notice.
>> }}
>> {{
>> Title: and the life of my time
>> Text: I transfer 1 Yak to the casher
>> Cashing condition: Casher is a first-class player.
>> Destruction by author condition:
>> Either the titled "I've had the time of my life" CANNOT be destroyed
>> by its author with notice, or the author of this promise can cause the
>> rules to repeal themselves by announcement.
>> }}
>
> Because these promises no longer have much of a use (they were used for
> a one-off counterscam), and yet Teucer cannot easily destroy them, I
> cash these promises.
They're actually mostly not for counterscam purposes, as I don't claim
they actually have any scammy effect. (Rather, I claim that their
destroyability is paradoxical, and therefore I ought to be able to get
a win by paradox in the near future. I'm mildly surprised Fool didn't
think of this first, but e was too focused on the dictatorship
interpretation.)
