That's a good point: if the Mugger is an Operator from the Fifth Dimension and he has such great magickal powers, why does he need the 10lb in Pascal's wallet? Or, if he does need them, why can't he just get them?
Like, we are asked to believe that, given that the Mugger is an Operator from the Seventh Dimension, he has the power to offer 10 quintillion Utils to Pascal, but not the power to just take the 10lb from his wallet.
I think the whole paradox can still stand, given that the Mugger can then just offer an amount of Utils that compensates from the much smaller conditional probability of the Mugger being only sorta omnipotent.
On the other hand, I think we can easily resolve the paradox by inserting the Crowbar of Cynical Jadedness: If it sounds too good to be true, then its probability of being either good, or true is zero (it can be one or the other with a non-zero probability, but not both). 10 quintillion utils (or however many) sounds too good to be true, so it can't be true. A Used Car Salesman will never offer you a good deal. The Mugger is only lying to get Pascal's money.
Like, we are asked to believe that, given that the Mugger is an Operator from the Seventh Dimension, he has the power to offer 10 quintillion Utils to Pascal, but not the power to just take the 10lb from his wallet.
I think the whole paradox can still stand, given that the Mugger can then just offer an amount of Utils that compensates from the much smaller conditional probability of the Mugger being only sorta omnipotent.
On the other hand, I think we can easily resolve the paradox by inserting the Crowbar of Cynical Jadedness: If it sounds too good to be true, then its probability of being either good, or true is zero (it can be one or the other with a non-zero probability, but not both). 10 quintillion utils (or however many) sounds too good to be true, so it can't be true. A Used Car Salesman will never offer you a good deal. The Mugger is only lying to get Pascal's money.