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The Summary
Current Summary: "Nonexistent Physiology refers to the ability to paradoxically 'exist', yet lack any identifiable traits of existence, or exist outside of a particular scope of 'existence'. While true nonexistence in the philosophical sense is impossible to prove, lesser forms of the idea appear often in fiction."
This is incorrect. It's describing the ability to be nonexistent, but not Nonexistent Physiology as we use it with our 2 types of it. This is unnecessary confusing, going by the summary and not the types many characters would have Nonexistent Physiology when they shouldn't. Here's some examples.
Type 1 Nonexistent Physiology
Currently: "Material Nonexistence: The lack of any conventional existence. Such a character will exist as something beyond the normal scope of the physical and metaphysical worlds, instead existing as an idea or other unconventional state. Such entities can be conceptualized by individuals, but do not exist in a physical or normal metaphysical form, such as a soul. In terms of binary, this would be a 0, where existence is 1 and nonexistence is 0."
The first sentence is incredibly vague, as pointed out above not existing can be a lot of things. Then it looks like it's defining what lacking conventional existence means (as in, objectively) when in reality it's just the definition we are giving it for this. So, why mot just fuse that sentence with the one said right after it? Something like this:
"The lack of any existence beyond the normal scope of the physical and metaphysical worlds, instead existing as an idea or other unconventional state. Such entities can be conceptualized by individuals, but do not exist in a physical or normal metaphysical form, such as a soul. In terms of binary, this would be a 0, where existence is 1 and nonexistence is 0."
That's all. This can be considered as something minor, but I believe it will help make things less confusing for some amount of users.
Current Summary: "Nonexistent Physiology refers to the ability to paradoxically 'exist', yet lack any identifiable traits of existence, or exist outside of a particular scope of 'existence'. While true nonexistence in the philosophical sense is impossible to prove, lesser forms of the idea appear often in fiction."
This is incorrect. It's describing the ability to be nonexistent, but not Nonexistent Physiology as we use it with our 2 types of it. This is unnecessary confusing, going by the summary and not the types many characters would have Nonexistent Physiology when they shouldn't. Here's some examples.
- Being told to not even be real, being Non-Corporeal, yet all of this referring to being an idea.
- Never have been born, become nonexistent, and having your timeline turned into one where you never existed, but still have a body and having everyone still able to interact with you normally.
- Being said not exist, but just being a ghost.
- Etc.
Type 1 Nonexistent Physiology
Currently: "Material Nonexistence: The lack of any conventional existence. Such a character will exist as something beyond the normal scope of the physical and metaphysical worlds, instead existing as an idea or other unconventional state. Such entities can be conceptualized by individuals, but do not exist in a physical or normal metaphysical form, such as a soul. In terms of binary, this would be a 0, where existence is 1 and nonexistence is 0."
The first sentence is incredibly vague, as pointed out above not existing can be a lot of things. Then it looks like it's defining what lacking conventional existence means (as in, objectively) when in reality it's just the definition we are giving it for this. So, why mot just fuse that sentence with the one said right after it? Something like this:
"The lack of any existence beyond the normal scope of the physical and metaphysical worlds, instead existing as an idea or other unconventional state. Such entities can be conceptualized by individuals, but do not exist in a physical or normal metaphysical form, such as a soul. In terms of binary, this would be a 0, where existence is 1 and nonexistence is 0."
That's all. This can be considered as something minor, but I believe it will help make things less confusing for some amount of users.
