User blog comment:DYBAD/Character Sheet/@comment-26322734-20161130044819/@comment-26322734-20161130184147

" 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."

If that is true, then Lawrence most definitely isn't singular. Infinity is, by definition, all-encompassing and it is mathematically impossible to create an infinite amount of "different" things because the amount of different things are limited. So logically it would progress to a combination of the "different" things, but even then you would come up with a limited amount of those things. If the multiverse is truly somehow objectively infinite, then how could you justifiably say, with confidence, that Lawence is the only Lawrence that exists, and that there isn't some being out there more powerful than him, or at his level of power?

" 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 ?"

It matters because if the multiverse is limited, that means there are limited things out there for him to absorb and replicate. This wouldn't be a problem if he and the citizens of Selforge City weren't immortal, but the fact that they are means that, in a finite multiverse, Selforge City would eventually halt its development completely and it would end up being the same thing every day.

"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 ?"

The Many World Interpretation assumes that all infinite universes exist already, and that beings or events within their respective universes are just playing out the way they're supposed to play out at the same time. The theory isn't very kind to the notion of free will.

"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."

See, that's the issue though. If he has inherent limits to his power, he cannot justifiably be called "greater than omnipotence" or "outside power levels". Power levels are defined entirely by their limits. That's why when you see power levels like TvTrope's Supernatural Weight Class, the next level up is defined as "being able to do more than the level below, but less than the level above". If Lawrence has comprehensive limits like the law of conservation, he can't justifiably be said to be outside of any power level. He could only be said to have a power level of his own.

Omnipotence, on the other hand, kind of cheats with the concept of power levels, as its defined as "having no limit". Therefore, omnipotence is the only thing that can justifiably be said to be outside of power levels, as it is "able to do more than the levels below" and that's it. There is no real need to logically justify omnipotence to work, because the power defines and justifies itself. It makes more sense when you stop thinking of omnipotence as a power and more as a state of being.

This is actually why the only omnipotent beings in fiction -- if there are any in that particular work of fiction -- could be the creator deities. Omnipotence is essentially justified in being the origin of all things. Even Christianity uses this justification with, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End."

It is impossible to be outside of power heirarchies and simoultaneously have limited power, because power heirarchies require powers to have limits to even exist. This is a logical conclusion, as characters in fiction thought to be unbeatable are only proven to not be unbeatable when they are beaten (e.g. when their abilities show to be limited).

Now that being said, lemme read the sections you're talking about...