Re: Exceptions to policy
On Wed, Apr 22, 1998 at 11:17:05PM +0100, Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote:
> In article <873ef7k3q0.fsf@1cust14.max32.los-angeles.ca.ms.uu.net> you write:
> >
> >[1] No, there won't be a meta-meta-policy, etc.. If you find an error
> >or desire an exception in the meta-policy, we shoot you. :)
>
> Will you shoot me if I ask for an exception to the meta-meta-policy you
> just defined (namely "If you find an error or desire an exception in
> the meta-policy, we shoot you")? Do we need policy about this?
>
> Did you intend that meta-meta-policy to apply if I merely -desire-
> an exception, or do I have to -state- that desire?
>
> And finally, is it just me, or does none of this square with
> the meta-meta-meta-policy you just stated, "No, there won't be a
> meta-meta-policy"? Doesn't your next sentence point to a need for an
> exception to this meta-meta-meta-policy? What we -really- need is a
> meta-meta-meta-meta-policy to clear up this frightfully unclear situation
> once and for all.
I second this. But I want to go even further.
You will soon realize that you need an infinite (but countable) number of
meta-meta-meta-...-meta-policies, and you won't even have enough time to
write down the first hundreds.
I hereby propose an "Aleph-zero-policy", that controls how
meta-meta-...-meta-policies are handled.
Uh, did I mention the Aleph-one-policy" ?
Marcus
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