There is a corollary of the Law of Fives in Discordianism, as follows: Whenever you think that there are only two possibilities (X, or else Y), there are in fact at least five: X; Y; X and Y; neither X nor Y; and J, something you hadn’t thought of before.
Is this a quotation or paraphrase of some famous quote? Googling “discordianism” “law of fives” “two possibilities” only comes up with a handful of hits, all unrelated except for this lesswrong.com page itself.
All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.”
―Malaclypse the Younger, Principia Discordia, Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
The Principia Discordia was a basis for a lot of the ideas in Illuminatus! by Wilson and Shea. The Illuminati card game doesn’t begin to do the Illuminatus! justice.
There is a corollary of the Law of Fives in Discordianism, as follows: Whenever you think that there are only two possibilities (X, or else Y), there are in fact at least five: X; Y; X and Y; neither X nor Y; and J, something you hadn’t thought of before.
Is this a quotation or paraphrase of some famous quote? Googling “discordianism” “law of fives” “two possibilities” only comes up with a handful of hits, all unrelated except for this lesswrong.com page itself.
Probably this:
found here.
The Principia Discordia was a basis for a lot of the ideas in Illuminatus! by Wilson and Shea. The Illuminati card game doesn’t begin to do the Illuminatus! justice.