The qualities that make a being the greatest conceivable being (GCB) the greatest can go on forever just the same as the number of trees on the island. It is greater for a being to be able to lift one-thousand pounds than nine-hundred ninety-nine, and greater than that to lift one-thousand and one. Weight can go on forever, even once the being can lift everything in the universe, it is still conceivable to add another pound, and then another. The same goes for speed. These are both attributes that, just like the number of palm trees on an island, can go on forever. — Marc fromPHIL527
Some person might say the greatest being can move faster than anything, and some say he is maximally strong, but those two attributes can fall under the larger category of physical ability. — Marc fromPHIL527
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