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    Challenges→One cannot credibly defend the metaphysical possibility of a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents by drawing an analogy with the phenomenon of quantum entanglement.

    By parity of reasoning, if a plurality of necessarily cooperating coexistent omnipotent agents is possible, then possibly there are 'entangled' omnipotent agents A1 and A2 such that it is metaphysically necessary that A1 endeavors to act in some way if and only if A2 endeavors to act in a contrary way.

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    Endeavors(as used in this philosophical argument)
    Attempts or tries to do something; makes an effort toward a goal.
    Metaphysically necessary(as used in modal metaphysics)
    Something that must be true in all possible ways the world could be; it's not just true in our world but couldn't possibly be false in any imaginable scenario.
    coexistent(describing multiple agents existing simultaneously)
    Able to exist at the same time together without contradiction.
    contrary way

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    Related propositions within the same area of thought.
    (describing how one agent's actions relate to the other's)
    In the opposite direction or manner; the exact opposite of something.
    entangled(describing a relationship between two powerful agents)
    Connected or linked together in such a way that the actions or states of one directly affect the other.
    necessarily cooperating(describing how multiple agents must interact)
    Things that must work together by the laws of logic or reality—they can't function independently.
    omnipotent(Used in the context of arguing about whether multiple omnipotent beings could coexist.)
    A being whose will is never thwarted; a being capable of bringing about any willed outcome.
    parity of reasoning(Busch and Morrison 2016; contested as the basis for using inference to the best explanation in the enhanced indispensability argument)
    The claim that the same inferential justification used to establish scientific realism can be applied in parallel to establish mathematical realism.

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    Another possible defense of the possibility of a plurality of coexistent omnipotent agents appeals to quantum mechanics. Quantum entanglement seems to be a unique physical phenomenon whereby concurrent activities of diverse contingently existing substantial individuals are directly coordinated in virtue of a necessary linkage of some sort between those substantial individuals. By drawing an analogy with this phenomenon, one might argue that there could be coexistent omnipotent agents who necessarily avoid stalemates. Quantum mechanics implies that there exist pairs of entangled micro-particles...

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