[UA] Risking it - Sunbjectivity or objectivity?

[Bailey Watts]

>But is the risk subjective (based on what the entropomancer can possibly
>know about the situation) or objective?
>
>If the risk must be objective, then you could take the argument to its
>extreme and argue that entropomancy is impossible without entering
>situations that involve the Uncertainty principle. Even when you're playing
>Russian Roulette, either the gun will fire a bullet or it will not. The
>universe "knows" which will happen, and so there is no risk - there is
>certainty.

Damn right.  It's about taking a chance whether the chance is will the gun 
go off or if he can run to the lake in time after setting himself on fire.  
Subjective risk all the way.

> >>>Crossing an empty freeway blindfolded gets you no charges, as there is
>no real risk.<<<
>
>There is a risk if you are being subjective. The entropomancer has no way 
>of
>knowing if a car will approach before he crosses the freeway. It may be a
>very minor risk (if the freeway has little traffic at that time of day) but
>it is a risk nonetheless.

This actually happened in the game I was playing in.  One of the enemy 
entropomancers did it to charge up after he broke taboo.  Bastard didn't 
think about the median.  It was hilarious.


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