On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 8:13 AM Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> wrote: > That said, a > new rule that has a "new" sort of toy - like Rice Plans - is a good > potential target, but I'm pretty sure this attempt missed the mark.
Followup: Importantly, just recently, in CFJ 4013, I judged that "consent" as a general concept (not just the rules-defined version) is only inferred by positive evidence - the burden of proof is to show that consent was given. So if Rice Plans are taken to work via an unregulated form of consent, any ambiguity still errs on the side of "no consent" (unless the precedent is overturned, of course): Judge G. wrote: > Secondly, consent is an important social concept that shouldn't be > taken lightly. To the extent that Agora is a community as well as a > game, it is in the best interests of Agora that we (as much as the > rules allow) assert the general principle that silence does NOT equal > consent. [...] > Taking the position that silence != consent also means assuming that > uncertainty != consent. In many cases in Agora, we have legislated > away the law of excluded middle - just because something isn't true > doesn't mean it's false, it may be logically indeterminate. However, > in dealing with consent, we should generally avoid such logic and > maintain that a lack of clear consent means NO consent exists, at > least to the extent that the rules allow.
