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6248111 No.6248111[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Are you ready for a thought experiment, /sci/?

Let us hypothetically assume there is an omniscient and omnipotent being (let's not call it "god", I don't want this to be a religion thread). This being does not physically interact and does not communicate with us. Is there any conceivable scientific experiment to verify or falsify the hypothesis?

>> No.6248118

>>6248111
no
/thread

>> No.6248136

Omnipotent being would entirely control the outcome of the experiment, hence not really an experiment, so no

>> No.6248150

OP has autism

>> No.6248155

Plot twist: The being's name is "consciousness"

>> No.6248175

>>6248155
Turing test

>> No.6248179

>>6248175
Obviously you don't understand what that is. Your ignorance made me chuckle.

>> No.6248210

>>6248179
sucks for me.

>> No.6248839

It is easily falsified by Hitchens' razor.

>> No.6248843

>>6248111
You could form a hypothesis, run controlled experiments where you goad it into physically interacting or communicating and then see if the evidence supports your hypothesis.

In other words, not directly checking the existence of such a being but checking "If a being exists, it does not physically interact or communicate with us".

>> No.6248844

>>6248839
>Hitchens' razor
Yeah, how about no.