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Yes, I can't see any way that could possibly go wrong.

• burgerbrain 15y ago
  And I certainly can't see any way the way we currently do it could possibly go wrong either...
  • hugh3 15y ago
    I do believe my point was that no law is free of unintended consequences, particularly not your law that outlaws laws with unintended consequences, thus your law outlaws itself. The outlawing of the law against laws with unintended consequences by the law against laws with unintended consequences would undoubtedly be considered yet another unintended consequence of the law against laws with unintended consequences.
    • burgerbrain 15y ago
      Just make the law "any law with unintended consequences is illegal", then embrace any possible "consequence" of this law (such as perhaps laws you otherwise like being declared illegal), then the law should fail to outlaw itself. Any consequences would be by definition intended. Anyway, I don't buy the suggestion that no law can be free of unintended consequences. If you construct a sufficiently formal definition of the system of law, and each law itself, then making a law without unintended consequences is simply (lol :P) a matter of proving the law. Quite similar to how programs can in fact be proven correct (contrary to the popularly held opinion that no program can be free of flaws.) Is this practical? With our current setup, no. Hypothetically? Maybe... certainly at least worth pursuing the idea I would say.
      • TeMPOraL 15y ago
        Until you find laws that can be formulated in your formal system, but cannot be proven - say hello to Gödel incompleteness theorems :). (also, I love when discussions go meta :))