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0 pointslelanthran1y ago0 comments

> Too bad OP is not omniscient and capable of predicting your made up tags

I think a more accurate word here would be "prescient".

"Omniscient" means knowing everything, but I believe that "everything" doesn't include "everything now and in the future.

"Prescient" means knowing future events, i.e. "predicting"

(Emphasis mine)

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riffraff1y ago

That's obviously up to your definition, but omniscience as commonly understood as an attribute of the Christian God is also knowledge of future events (which is why it's usually argued that it conflicts with free will).

"The future" is part of "everything".

lelanthranOP1y ago

I agree with your reasoning (I'm not married to those definitions).

Looking at it again, I would still say that "prescient" would be more accurate, because:

    1. Omniscient is a superset that include prescient"
    2. Prescient is a narrower meaning than omniscient.

IOW, when describing a car, for example

    1. "Automobile" can be used to describe my wife's car
    2. "SUV" is a more accurate description.

So I'll still go with "prescient" being more accurate, in much the same way that "SUV is more accurate.

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