From: Ed Murphy (emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 10:04:14 PDT
Summary of Round 206 in progress (All times are UTC) Player Eligible until Style -------------------------------------------------- Steve Gardner Tue 8 Apr 06:27:54 +3.0 Alan Riddell Mon 7 Apr 06:27:54 +1.0 Andre Engels Tue 8 Apr 19:21:40 +1.0 Nathan Russell Fri 11 Apr 05:12:46 +2.0 everyone else Tue 8 Apr 06:27:54 206:1 > April Fool's Day is traditionally a time for jokes and pranks. > Newspapers print fake headlines, etc. So, for this Round, each Rule > must, as this one does, make exactly one claim that is false. I'm going to use my considerably leeway as Judge to say that sentence 1 is true, sentence 2 is true, sentence 3 is false, the rule is not self-contradictory but is instead VALID. +1.0 "restriction" that really isn't ---- +1.0 total 206:2 > Lets examine the claims that Rule 206:1 makes. > > 1) April Fool's Day is traditionally a time for jokes. > 2) April Fool's Day is traditionally a time for pranks > 3) On April Fool's newspapers print fake headlines, etc. > 4) For this Round, each Rule must make exactly one claim that is false. > 5) Rule 206:1 makes a claim that is false. > > There is a question that 1) and 2) might both be in the same claim, > similarly 4) and 5) might be in the same claim. It should be noted that if > 4) is true then 5) is true (assuming the validity of the rule). > > Now "traditionally" is a strange word as traditions can be current or very > long running. While there can be no doubt that in current Western society > April Fool's is a time for Jokes, if we examine the history of the day we > find things are not so simple. > > http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html > > But even in the past those who referred to 1st April as "April Fool's Day" > made jokes and played pranks. It does not matter if 1) and 2) are different > claims or not. > > It is not hard to find evidence that some newspapers have printed false > headlines on April Fool's Day, so 3) is true. > > Now if 4) and 5) are one claim they must be false but this becomes circular > and generally unpleasant and IMO would cause the Rule to be invalid. So 4) > and 5) must be separate claims, if 4) is true and 5) is false there is a > contradiction, therefore it must be the case that 5) is true and 4) is > false. > > As such I reimpose the missing rescriction that 206:1 would impose. > > For this Round, each Rule must make exactly one claim that is false. The last sentence is false (otherwise the similar claim in 206:1 would become true, and 206:1 would then fail to meet the restriction). Thus the next-to-last sentence is also false. Anything explicitly labelled as a claim may be false. In the Judge's esteemed (*) opinion, the last sentence of 206:1 bears a sufficiently explicit label, but the next-to-last sentence of 206:2 does not. INVALID. +2.0 challenging to judge -0.5 repetition -0.5 length ---- +1.0 total I also add "+2.0 challenging to judge" to 206:1, bringing its total style up to the full +3.0 amount. (*) This claim may be false. 206:3 > This rule makes four claims: > > 1. During this round, at least one rule will fool someone into > thinking the round is over prematurely. > > 2. During this round, at least one rule will fool the judge into > awarding style points incorrectly. > > 3. During this round, at least one person will fool at least one other > person by pretending to be the Judge. VALID. As we have seen before, explicitly-labelled claims may be false without causing contradiction. +1.0 self-referential claim ---- +1.0 total 206:4 > As Steve says, April Fools' Day is a time for jokes. It is also > traditionally a time to dance while standing on one's hand, at least among > certain Martian tribes. > > Accordinly, each rule, like this one, must describe a tradition, which need > not be true. 206:1, 206:2, and 206:3 all describe traditions. (Pretending to be the Judge is a tradition!) VALID. Note that the final restriction is not explicitly labelled as a claim, so it *is* binding. +1.0 restriction that really is, for variety +0.5 restriction applies to itself +0.5 restriction applies to past rules +0.5 Martian silliness -0.5 first sentence is redundant with 206:1 ---- +2.0 total -- Rule Date: 2003-04-10 02:29:28 GMT
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