Wednesday, August 29, 2018

An argument for the existence of supreme beings


N is the number of agents, a discrete quantity.
N1 is a measure of the number of agents in our universe.
N2 is a measure of the number of agents in the multiverse.
C is the competence of an agent, presumed to be a continuous quantity.
W1 measures the distribution of competence of agents in our universe.
W2 measures the distribution of competence of agents in the multiverse.
We assume that the sample seen in our universe is representative of the multiverse. So W1 about=W2.
C1 is the most competent agent in our universe. (Hopefully not us humans.)
C2 is the most competent agent in the whole multiverse, the supreme being.

But competence is probably a vector, having components like intelligence, power, etc.  It may be that the most intelligent being is not the most powerful. There would then be multiple supreme beings. Conflict might result, on a vast scale.

We believe that N1<<N2 and so C1<<C2. C2 is superhuman but we expect that there will be things that C2 can not do.

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