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

    Therefore, any 'entangled omnipotent agent' whose endeavors are necessitated by another agent's endeavors is self-refuting, collapsing the analogy rather than supporting coexistent omnipotence.

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    Key Terms

    Coexistent omnipotence(the philosophical concept being tested in the statement)
    The idea that two or more all-powerful beings can exist at the same time without one limiting the power of the other.
    Necessitated(as used in ethics and free will)
    When something is forced to happen or forced to be true by circumstances beyond your control, leaving you no real choice.
    agent(Economics terminology applied to medical ethics)
    The party in a principal-agent relationship who is instructed to produce the good or service on the principal's behalf — in the medical context, the doctor
    analogy(Contrasted with homology, which concerns correspondence due to common ancestry.)
    A relation based on functional similarity between structures, which can occur despite different evolutionary origins.

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    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.
    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.
    self-refuting(Applied by Putnam to the statement 'I am a brain-in-a-vat')
    A statement is self-refuting if it cannot be truly affirmed by anyone, including the very person making the assertion

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