Cooking, Monasteries, Arithmetic: The History of Rules

[sorokod]

https://www.publicbooks.org/cooking-monasteries-arithmetic-lorraine-daston-on-the-history-of-rules/

[thebamby]

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.

[sorokod → thebamby]

To quote from the article: “Behind every thin rule is a thick rule, cleaning up after it.”

[sorokod]

The thick/thin rule distinction makes a lot of sense. The statement "Saints have bigger fish to fry" is a neat thin rule.