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Gödel's Loophole

12 pointsby amar-lakshabout 2 years ago

2 comments

jfengelabout 2 years ago
Sure. The rules were never play-tested. It&#x27;s hardly surprising that they&#x27;re subject to all kinds of attacks.<p>It hardly seems important, compared to the general problem that democracy is a terrible way of doing things. The Constitution permits all kinds of abusive shenanigans without exploiting amendments.<p>My gripe here is actually less with Gödel for pointing out the obvious, than with lawyers (of all political persuasions) who seem to think of the law as a logical exercise. All of the laws are vague compared to a computer program or logical proof. Which is fine: people are complicated, and I don&#x27;t expect the laws to cover all of the cases well.<p>But when they then apply those laws as if they were rigorous, they rapidly get into absurdities and abuses. &quot;Rigor&quot; is no excuse when the law itself is too vague to be interpreted rigorously.
fartsucker69about 2 years ago
&gt; Postulates major loophole in foundation of American democracy<p>&gt; Refuses to elaborate further<p>&gt; Dies