== Goodwin's Law == 

 Thanks for helping with my submission to Goodwin's Law.  I now realize the absurdity of pointing out how "it's important to note."  I guess I just got used to saying that in essays in university to sound more important!  I just wanted to say, however, that I think the thought-experiment is pedagogically important for the encyclopedia, as the subject of the article is not statistics, thus it makes it possible for someone who is reading this article, and is not versed in that subject area, to understand it simply.  I think it fits in an encyclopedic format, but maybe it wouldn't be good for something like a newspaper, where everything extraneous should be cut out.  Furthermore, I am afraid someone will cut the whole section out of the article if it doesn't have the weight of the thought experiment (i.e. someone who doesn't understand it thinks it's POV or original research and offhand cuts the whole thing), but that may or may not happen.  Finally I think the standard form is also important for establishing the point (though this may only be because my educational background includes formal logic/philosophy) of it being a tautology, and it doesn't make the last sentence seem so much like vandalism, because, like I said, it is quite absurd.  If it has the standard form to balance with it, however, then it will flow better.  I also like the standard form from a pedagogical standpoint, making the reader better understand how Goodwin's Law itself relates to the tautology.  I'd like to hear what you think.