What the heck would that proof even look like, indeed. That’s what I haven’t figured out yet.
(On the practical level… I’m pretty sure it would be awesome to interact with a benevolent god and it seems that the thing you’re suggesting is that there are prosaic versions.
One obvious prosaic version of such proximity is a job in finance. The courts and contracts and so on are kind of like Omega, and surely this entity is benevolent? Luck goes well: millions in bonuses. Luck goes bad: you’re laid off. Since of course the system in general is benevolent: surely it would be acceptable to participate? The personal asymmetry in outcomes would make the whole situation potentially nice to be near to.
But then I wonder about that assumption of benevolence and think about Mammon, and I remember The Big Short …and I go back to wondering how Omega offers a finite creature a proof of benevolence.)
The proof of benevolence is a red herring. Just imagine the exact same game happening again and again. Eventually you should become convinced that the game works as advertised.
What the heck would that proof even look like, indeed. That’s what I haven’t figured out yet.
(On the practical level… I’m pretty sure it would be awesome to interact with a benevolent god and it seems that the thing you’re suggesting is that there are prosaic versions.
One obvious prosaic version of such proximity is a job in finance. The courts and contracts and so on are kind of like Omega, and surely this entity is benevolent? Luck goes well: millions in bonuses. Luck goes bad: you’re laid off. Since of course the system in general is benevolent: surely it would be acceptable to participate? The personal asymmetry in outcomes would make the whole situation potentially nice to be near to.
But then I wonder about that assumption of benevolence and think about Mammon, and I remember The Big Short …and I go back to wondering how Omega offers a finite creature a proof of benevolence.)
The proof of benevolence is a red herring. Just imagine the exact same game happening again and again. Eventually you should become convinced that the game works as advertised.