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    Omnipotent or Omniscient... And a catch.

    And the catch is that whichever of the ones you pick, everyone else in the world is the other.

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    I'd probably go for omnipotent in a world (universe?) full of omniscient folk, as the other way around would be horrible. Can you imagine living in a world of godlings who are completely fallible, but you're the only one who is truly all-knowing (I think this is how most people feel when they log on to the internet ), but you have no power to intervene in their shenanigans...seems like it'd be depressing, as hell.

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    Hmmmm...if I'm omnipotent, I could just make everybody else so.

    Problem solved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
    Hmmmm...if I'm omnipotent, I could just make everybody else so.

    Problem solved.
    Or just remove their omniscience. And to be honest, I'd probably introduce some limits to my own omnipotence otherwise I'd get very bored very quickly.

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    Or at least a mana-bar.

    Let's assume, for arguments sake, that the only thing you cannot do as an omnipotent being is "change the rules of the game".

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvilNed View Post
    Or at least a mana-bar.

    Let's assume, for arguments sake, that the only thing you cannot do as an omnipotent being is "change the rules of the game".
    which is, I thought, a pretty basic assumption at the outset.

    My answer stands.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvilNed View Post
    Or at least a mana-bar.

    Let's assume, for arguments sake, that the only thing you cannot do as an omnipotent being is "change the rules of the game".
    Is it possible to make myself invisible to them, then?

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    As in physically invisible? Sure, but they'd still know where you are and what you're doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EvilNed View Post
    Let's assume, for arguments sake, that the only thing you cannot do as an omnipotent being is "change the rules of the game".
    So, I'm not REALLY omnipotent then, am I? Next you'll be telling me I can't make a rock so big that even I can't lift it, or microwave a burrito so hot that even I can't eat it.
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    Okay, to simplify:

    You're Q.

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