(September 4, 2012 at 10:43 am)Rhythm Wrote: A major nitpick with the idea that any god would simply have to possess greater power and knowledge (or whatever) than what it created. Specifically with regards to a "got the ball rolling" god.
The key word here, is entropy.
In a similar vein, can a robot design and built a robot that is better than itself? If so, lock one in a room with the raw materials and come back in a few years (enough for successive generations)... and unlock the door and expect to meet a god.
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and celt
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed
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