h a l f b a k e r yThe phrase 'crumpled heap' comes to mind.
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Constitution
Compile Constitutions in Programming Language So They're Consistent | |
Most democracies have
largely secular, rational post-enlightenment systems of government that don't rely on gun barrels and arguments from authority to continue operating. However, because of the advance of technology, the laws these governments pass (and the way they can operate) will continue running
into situations that their founders couldn't possibly have anticipated.
Currently many of these problems are solved by court rulings, which establish precedents. These precedents accumulate until there are layers upon layers, not all of them consistent. Passed legislation also can take the form of an inconsistent patchwork.
By writing a constitution in a logical programming language that generates new laws and automatically checks for internal conflicts, these inefficiencies and inconsistencies can be avoided. Governments will become much truer to the ideal of being made of laws, and not of men.
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Interesting idea. But the marvelous thing about laws is that you and I can understand them. If we give up our understanding to a special class of people that can decode the language they're written in, then we're in real trouble. |
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Bravo, [DrCurry], were you referencing present political or ancient theological? Or maybe also present theological? Bravo in any case. |
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But what I like about the idea, though I believe it is impossible to implement, is that everyone could have a copy and could run through trial circumstances. I doubt there are many that could do this for tax law. |
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PS For a test of your programming ability, let set some initial quantities. Start by defining a human bound by these laws? |
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This is rather interesting, if a little magic wibni for right now. |
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One wonders if a 'logically consistent' constitution would prove to be efficient or effectual at governing a society at all, or if there must be some inconsistencies to handle the complexities of life. How well does life 'do' logic, and vice-versa, even at optimal parameters? |
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Every situation cannot be anticipated, but a properly written constitution can be added to as needed. |
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