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Re:Cooking, Monasteries, Arithmetic: Lorraine Daston on the ... by sorokod on Saturday May 20, 2023 @07:04AM (#36010866)
The thick/thin rule distinction makes a lot of sense. The statement "Saints have bigger fish to fry" is a neat thin rule.
Re:Cooking, Monasteries, Arithmetic: Lorraine Daston on the ... by thebamby on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:25AM (#36029535)
This nicely touches on the variants of rules. I liked the distinction of the thin rule, which can be reasonably adapted and a thick one with caveats where the thin one has failed to curb cheaters.
Re:Cooking, Monasteries, Arithmetic: Lorraine Daston on the ... by sorokod on Monday May 22, 2023 @11:15AM (#36032530)
To quote from the article: “Behind every thin rule is a thick rule, cleaning up after it.”