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Subject: Re: Games (was Re: Categories: bounded or graded?)
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>From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
Date: Mon, 04 May 1992 17:13:00 GMT
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In article <583@tdatirv.UUCP> sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen) writes:
>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.  

Yes, yes, I'm not *advocating* plagiarism and espionage.  They are not 
arbitrary restrictions; but the rules of a well-designed game are not
arbitrary either.  Do you think it's just a silly rule that you can't just
steal money from the bank in Monopoly, as Calvin tried to do once?
Hobbes quite rightly felt that Calvin was spoiling the game by doing so.


