Headscratchers / DarkMatter2525

• In Power Corrupts, if the whole point of the simulation is to prevent bad people from getting into positions of authority, then how did Joseph end up in charge of anything more important than a mop?
  • We only have the word of the teacher that the system actually works as intended. Heck, the entire plot of the story revolves around a flaw in the system getting exploited. Apparently it just wasn't enough to keep Joseph from gaining power.
  • There's also the possibility that the test is a relatively new one that Joseph never took while he was in school. Joseph appears to be quite old (enough that he is deemed unfit to drive), allowing for certain aspects of society, especially something as pivotal as education, to evolve right under his nose. A third option would be that Joseph originally passed his test because he was a kind Wide-Eyed Idealist as a kid who had that kindness beaten out of him by adult realities. After all, power corrupts.
• So why does Yahweh keep Jeffrey around if Jeffry keeps questioning his methods?
• Is the premise of the test given in the 1st episode ("Power sought corrupts, power bestowed does not") meant to be sincere or false in-universe? The speech otherwise sounds like it's meant to be taken at face value, not to demonstrate the flaws of a society, but that part... is simply not guaranteed. At all.
• When Jeffrey first gets sent to the Hell simulation, his first thought is, "Were they right all along?" But I thought his world (where he lived his life before this test) didn't have Christianity, as "our world" (which does) is the simulation.
  • Could be explained by his world being intended to be a Crystal Spires and Togas representation of Earth where humanity has Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions.
• Someone who's actually incompetent but managed to cheat their way into passing the test won't actually gain omnipotence or omniscience when they exit, even if they're appointed to a leadership role, so how much of a threat would they be? Leadership skills aren't something you can fake for very long.
  • But are the leaders accountable to anyone?