On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:21 AM Aris Merchant < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 1:14 AM Sarah Strange via agora-discussion < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 7:58 PM Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > > On Jan 28, 2021, at 12:55 AM, Gaelan Steele via agora-discussion < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> On Jan 27, 2021, at 11:07 PM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >>> Unless I’m missing something, this repeals the definition of >> > instruments and adds a new one. >> > >> >> > >> That's intentional, yes. Instruments would fill the hole that >> statutes >> > do now. >> > > >> > > Bah, I meant to say that it *fails* to add a new one. >> > > >> > > Gaelan >> > >> > Aha, it's in 1688/10, which the proposal applies S->I to: >> > >> > "A statute [which would be replaced with instrument] is a document with >> > positive Power." >> > >> > Gaelan >> >> >> You can't have negative power or 0 power by the definition of power, can >> you? > > > > Something can have a power of 0, but not negative. Nearly everything has a > power of 0, including both me and you. > > -Aris > I'm tired and it may actually be more complicated, someone can correct me if I'm wrong. -Aris >
