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		amalag on Aug 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hal Finney being cryopreserved now Universal laws impose their own validity. The legal system is our recognition of those universal laws.

maaku on Aug 29, 2014 [–]

Then why do laws change?

amalag on Aug 29, 2014 | [–]

Because peoples understanding changes, but you know that. What doesn't change are the laws of the material world. But one must understand the imperfections of inductive knowledge to understand that.

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