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Originally Posted by Drake Dun
That's what I was getting at... we don't know that there is only one die, and in fact some are suggesting that there are more.
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There is only one die we know of. We're at the pre-zoom stage.
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Originally Posted by Drake Dun
We don't really know what is going on at that level, but we do know what is going on at the level of stars and planets.
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And we know that is normality, a nigh-100 percent chance of occurance under the right conditions, from the laws. Still, the chance cannot be said to be 100%, as we have not viewed the totality of space, and I would imagine some exception has occured even in our minour scope. So you compute the single-die universal formation. Then the single-die rolls of the four forces being created and working the way they do. Then the multi-die, range-based rolls for planets which all have to end up with the 99.et ceteras probability. This has little effect, but it does need to be taken into account. Then all the odds of even one planet developing life. Then the odds of that same planet being able to develop sentience from that life.
In a line of probability, your odds are growing exponentially, but murderously.
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Originally Posted by Drake Dun
And what is going on at that level is that there is a whole lot of nothing in addition to the one known something. That's a very wasteful and pointless way to do things if you're a designer.
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Untrue. There are plenty of reasons somebody could find. Plans for expansion, for instance.
Also, one cannot really waste limitless power, so calling it wasteful doens't really apply in a deific sense.