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    Challenges→The probability that there is an omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect person must be very low indeed.

    A being of infinite cognitive depth would possess morally relevant reasons so far exceeding human comprehension that our probability estimates over unknown justifiers are not merely uncertain but systematically unreliable.

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    Systematically unreliable(the weaker claim the Cretan might actually be trying to communicate)
    Consistently or regularly untrustworthy—describing a pattern where someone or something regularly fails to be accurate or truthful.
    infinite cognitive depth(describes a hypothetical being's mental capacity)
    A mind with unlimited ability to understand, process, and think through complex ideas—basically, a being that could comprehend anything, no matter how complicated.
    justifiers(Central to the argument linking being justified to accessibility internalism.)
    The items of evidence or reasons offered in the act of justifying a belief.
    morally relevant reasons(in ethics and moral reasoning)
    Facts or arguments that actually matter when deciding whether something is right or wrong.

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    Educated guesses about how likely something is to happen, expressed as numbers between 0 and 1 (where 0 means impossible and 1 means certain).

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