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    It is not the case that Source physicalism is many times more probable intrinsically than omni-theism.

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    • 1.Intrinsic probability assignments require a well-defined reference class, which neither physicalism nor theism possesses without prior metaphysical commitments.
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    • 2.Swinburne argues in 'The Existence of God' that simplicity favors a single infinite mind over brute physical complexity, inverting the intrinsic probability ordering.
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    • 3.Without a neutral metric for 'intrinsic probability,' the comparison between source physicalism and omni-theism smuggles in the conclusion it purports to derive.
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    • 1.The claim that source physicalism and source idealism are equally probable intrinsically is not self-evident and is contested by Chalmers, who treats consciousness as primitively non-physical.
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    • 2.If source idealism is more intrinsically probable than source physicalism, then even a lower probability for omni-theism relative to idealism leaves the ranking of physicalism versus omni-theism indeterminate.
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    • 1.Source physicalism and source idealism are equally probable intrinsically.
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    • 2.Omni-theism is many times less probable intrinsically than source idealism.
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    • 3.If A equals B in probability and C is much less probable than B, then A is much more probable than C.
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