The Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers
History.After several vain efforts of scientists and philosophers to settle the essential question on whether the Kikiri is an incarnation of Laanx or merely an Ulbernaut in disguise, having ruled out all other possibilities through means of infallible logic during an evening in a tavern, they decided to found a society dedicated to studying and finding answers to fundamental problems in nature such as the Kikiri paradox. Being the brightest minds in Yliakum, they chose a collection of fancy words to represent their wisdom on paper and named the society accordingly, thus the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers was born.
Rules.Members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers must partake in at least one philosophical discourse per year. Failing to have at least one such discourse has unimaginable consequences.
Members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers must always refer to the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers in its full name to emphasize on the importance of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers. Abbreviation is punished by exclusion.
Members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers are bright minds and important people and must thus be addressed as "Intellectual" followed by the full name to represent their supremacy to ordinary citizens at all times. Offenders are punished by being addressed as "Nonintellectual" for the period of one week.
Members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers are always right when engaged in a discussion with ordinary citizens, as members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers have a profound understanding of philosophical problems.
Members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers that have not yet published two thousand scientific essays are required to clean their shoes with diamond-shaped pink wax at least twice a day. Asking about aforementioned wax or failing to clean ones shoes properly requires the offender to buy a round of drinks in a tavern for all members of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers present.
Application.Due to the inherent exclusivity of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers, applicants are required to hand in either a complete, written rebuttal of an existing idea or a written thesis on a fundamentally new idea . After handing in their work, applicants will be examined for thorough knowledge of the current scientific achievements and philosophical concepts.
Since the evaluation process requires too many intellectual resources, applicants that, instead of said documents, submit a keg of ale, to be used for strictly scientific purposes, to the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers are accepted without further examination.
Proceedings.The Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers will hold at least one official assembly every week in order to discuss current philosophical issues.
Furthermore, continuous studies of the material and immaterial world are to be conducted, the results will be presented to the weekly assembly. Guests are invited to partake in these studies, especially in experiments risking the lives of the experimenters.
A monthly journal is to be published in order to present the profound and utterly important findings of the Extraordinary Society of Reputable Scientists and Philosophers to the public.
In my eyes, PlaneShift currently lacks pseudo science IC wise. Almost everyone can publish a paper on some matter, yet barely anyone does that. Curious inhabitants of a world such as Yliakum would ask themselves on why the sun shines or why things drop on a frequent basis or suggest alternative forms of government. I find this aspect lacking, and I hope to change this through the creation of this organisation. Most importantly, members can have fun both IC and OOC discussing utterly weird subjects.
