Comment by nitwit005
3 years ago
This proves that deliberately bad instructions produce bad results. That's not surprising.
If this included a definition of a vehicle, and asked if a vehicle was in the park, I'd expect consistent answers outside of the oddball aircraft and space station questions.
I'd note my local park has such a rule, and the sign has pictures of what are and are not allowed, including a picture of a drone.
> This proves that deliberately bad instructions produce bad results. That's not surprising.
Here's a common example from real life: "No pornography". Even SCOTUS famously couldn't define obscenity ("I know it when I see it")
Is “No pornography” a rule? It doesn’t specify any prohibited action and on its own isn’t a complete thought, let alone a rule.
“I know it when I see it” was in reference to _hardcore pornography_, not obscenity. The Miller Test deals with obscenity perfectly well.
> Is “No pornography” a rule? It doesn’t specify any prohibited action and on its own isn’t a complete thought, let alone a rule.
If you were to open a subreddit, or walk up to a library computer/print shop counter and saw "No Pornography" under rules - would you be unable to figure out what's being asked of you? If so, then that seems like a complete thought and a perfectly comprehendible rule to me.
It’s a legitimate definition though. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. There are many fundamental things that can’t be defined, where we have to rely on social norms and common sense.
>I'd note my local park has such a rule, and the sign has pictures of what are and are not allowed, including a picture of a drone.
What happens if the sign in your park was made in 1995, when drones, electric scooters, and electric bikes didn't exist or were not commonly used?
It's not possible to list every possible vehicle in existence, and to keep such a list updated. There are all sorts of weird things like electric unicycles, that most people haven't come across.
What happens is they have to update a sign every couple of decades.
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That is exactly the point - who defines racism? sexism? Moderators are going to disagree because of how nebulous those terms are
The world isn’t black and white.
It’s typically shades of gray and requires judgement, discretion.
And consequences of breaking a rule or law require even more judgement.
The world isn’t a “smart”contract.
Precisely well said
Vehicle is a word with a dictionary definition -- why does it need to have a definition included? Would that definition not include other words, would those also need to be defined?
No pill capsules in the park then? aren’t they a vehicle for delivering medicine?
Better not bring in the deed to your house, either. That's clearly an investment vehicle.
That's not how the law typically works. Laws provide their own definitions because dictionaries describe how the language is typically used, not in a precise manner.