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Article 5366 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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Subject: Re: Games (was Re: Categories: bounded or graded?)
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Date: 30 Apr 92 19:02:52 GMT
References: <1992Apr27.173513.33215@spss.com> <1992Apr28.173231.11604@cs.ucf.edu> <1992Apr28.230052.7394@spss.com>
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In article <1992Apr28.230052.7394@spss.com> markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder) writes:
|  Dancing a square dance fits, too.
|Running a research institution.  (Goal: increase of knowledge; rules:
|scientific method; prohibited efficiencies: plagiarism, espionage;
|rules accepted to facilitate goal.)

I have to disagree here, plagiarism and espinoage do NOT increase knowledge,
just smear it around a little.  They are "forbidden" in science for that reason,
not merely to priduce an arbitrary obstacle.  All of the other 'rules' of
scientific procedure likewise have reason based in *aiding* the achievment
of the desired goal (increased knowledge) - they may *superficially* appear
to be arbitrary obstacles, but they actually enhance discovery, not block
it.
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