Proto-Proposal: But what is truth?
Zefram and Goethe are co-authors of this proposal.
Amend Rule 2149 (Truthfulness) to read:
A person SHALL NOT make a public statement unless e reasonably
believes it is true.
For the purpose of this rule:
a) Merely quoting a false statement does not constitute making
that statement.
b) Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier
attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement;
the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant.
c) A public statement that one performs an action is true if
and only if one thereby succeeds in performing that action.
