Nothing is provable to the level you demand (well, pretty much nothing, cogito ergo sum and all that). Given that none of the omni* are well defined, the question doesn’t mean much either.
Are you saying that it’s an inference problem and after enough pieces of evidence we should just accept omnipotence (for instance) as the best hypothesis with a high degree of confidence, as we trust gravity now? How about the mind control problem?
Also, what you say about the omni* being not well defined sounds interesting. can you elaborate?
Are you saying that it’s an inference problem and after enough pieces of evidence we should just accept omnipotence (for instance) as the best hypothesis with a high degree of confidence, as we trust gravity now? How about the mind control problem?
That’s exactly what I’m saying, and you’re right to point out that mind control will always be a more probable explanation than omnipotence (as will mental illness). If I knew that something would continue to apeear omnipotent, I would just treat it as omnipotent (which equates to “accepting the simulation” if the actual explanation is mind control).
Omnipotence is badly defined because it leads to questions like “Can Omega create a rock so heavy that Omega cannot lift it?”, can omnipotent beings create logical contradictions? Can they make 2+2=3?
Omniscience leads to similar problems, can Omega answer the halting problem for programs that can call Omega as an oracle?
Omnibenevolence is the least paradox ridden, but the hardest to define. Whose version of good is Omega working toward?
Nothing is provable to the level you demand (well, pretty much nothing, cogito ergo sum and all that). Given that none of the omni* are well defined, the question doesn’t mean much either.
Are you saying that it’s an inference problem and after enough pieces of evidence we should just accept omnipotence (for instance) as the best hypothesis with a high degree of confidence, as we trust gravity now? How about the mind control problem?
Also, what you say about the omni* being not well defined sounds interesting. can you elaborate?
That’s exactly what I’m saying, and you’re right to point out that mind control will always be a more probable explanation than omnipotence (as will mental illness). If I knew that something would continue to apeear omnipotent, I would just treat it as omnipotent (which equates to “accepting the simulation” if the actual explanation is mind control).
Omnipotence is badly defined because it leads to questions like “Can Omega create a rock so heavy that Omega cannot lift it?”, can omnipotent beings create logical contradictions? Can they make 2+2=3? Omniscience leads to similar problems, can Omega answer the halting problem for programs that can call Omega as an oracle? Omnibenevolence is the least paradox ridden, but the hardest to define. Whose version of good is Omega working toward?