User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-26322734-20161130044819/@comment-4867780-20161130104015

Hello Grand ! Thanks for your curiosity, and the lot of thinking you put in your comment :)

You should probably work on the concision though, I always end up drowning in the spread out developments, and can barely remember any specifics when I finally reach the end ^ ^;

From Lawrence's perspective, there is an infinity of multiverses. Some follow the Many Worlds Interpretation, some follow our real universe's apparent unicity, some follow various shades in between, some follow combinations and variations, and some follow completely different cosmological models. In short, there is no universal pattern, and that's what makes it interesting. So any given cosmological issue is hardly one at all, since the corresponding multiverses are just a drop in the ocean.

I don't understand the MWI all that well, but Lawrence would probably just don't care about the whole "stagnation" thing. After all, what does it matter if new universes aren't created ? The people in existing ones aren't any worse of, and uncreated universes will never know suffering, so it's quite alright. Actually, if these alternate universes are anywhere as rough and unforgiving as ours, then he's basically preventing billions of years of universal pain and misery by just passing through. Now, that's one hell of a feat, isn't it ? ^ ^

I always wondered something about the Many Worlds Interpretation. If every choice and event create a new alternate universe, where do these universes come from ? I mean in the literal, physical sense, where do the ginormous amounts of space-time and matter/energy they are made of possibly come from  ? Surely, it doesn't just all pop up from nowhere ? That wouldn't be very scientific ^ ^; Perhaps the process simply relies on the endless fractalization of the same universe ? But then it's a division rather than a creation, right ? Which means the uni/multiverse wouldn't actually expand, and simply diversify itself via compartimentalized miniaturization.

As you mentioned, Lawrence's abilities follow the law of conservation, which means that his resources were never meant to me limitless. Limits are what keep people moving, active and productive. Resources and information are Lawrence's core limits that formed his core "learn and grow" motivations, alongside "hedonism and womanizing" born from his human part. So there isn't anything wrong with this functional limitation, which was purposely implemented to make the character more realistically interesting.

Talking about infinity and cosmology, what do you think about the "Selforge Genesis Well" section in "Base of Operations" ? Seems quite relevant to the current discussion, and an interestingly utilitarian take on the subject. There's also the "Selforge Probability" signature move I recently added in "Personal Data". It's basically a custom version of Meta Probability immersively built from the ground up, Selforge style. Considering your scientific affinity and expertise, you may find it interesting as well.