Proto-Proposal: But what is truth?
(AI = 2, please)
Zefram and Michael are co-authors of this proposal.
Change the power of Rule 2149 (Truthfulness) to 2, and amend it to read:
A person SHALL NOT make a public statement unless e reasonably
believes it is true, or else provides a reasonable explanation
why e believes otherwise.
For the purpose of this rule:
a) Merely quoting a statement does not constitute making
that statement.
b) Any 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 succeeds in performing that action by
making that public statement, but violates this rule only
if one believes it will definitely fail.
Proto-Proposal: Identity
(AI = 3, please)
Amend Rule 2170 (Who Am I?) by prepending this text:
Rules regarding persons pertain to those persons directly, not
to rule-defined avatars or other entities representing those
persons within Agora.
A public claim intended to mislead others (whether directly or
indirectly) regarding one's identity constitutes a false
statement, and SHOULD be severely punished.
