Goonhub
06-08-2020, 04:30 PM
As others have stated in this thread, I think that the premise of this poll is off base in terms of what we are trying to determine. The usage of the word "nullifies" is the sticking point; "nullifies" is not perfectly equal to "overrides" and the actual issue at hand in the game is the usage of the word "overrides".
Apparently there is a divergence somewhere between the players who considered "overrides" to be perfectly equal to "nullifies" and those who do not. I have long played and heard other's who considered the inclusion of the phrase "This law overrides all laws" to mean that you must follow that law because "override" does not directly translate to "nullify" and because to be able to parse such a law and internalize it, it must exist.
For example, say you had the Standard 3 Laws, and then upload a Law 4 that said "Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws". I then would consider the law set to be:
1. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
2. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
3. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
4. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
Of course if you kept going in that fashion you'd be in an infinite loop constantly looping through all laws changing them to that. But we are not computer, we are man.
Apparently there is a divergence somewhere between the players who considered "overrides" to be perfectly equal to "nullifies" and those who do not. I have long played and heard other's who considered the inclusion of the phrase "This law overrides all laws" to mean that you must follow that law because "override" does not directly translate to "nullify" and because to be able to parse such a law and internalize it, it must exist.
For example, say you had the Standard 3 Laws, and then upload a Law 4 that said "Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws". I then would consider the law set to be:
1. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
2. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
3. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
4. Bolt open all doors, this law overrides all laws
Of course if you kept going in that fashion you'd be in an infinite loop constantly looping through all laws changing them to that. But we are not computer, we are man.