Q isn’t a human or group of humans. It’s a quantum computer. Quantum computers have an unexpected and secret property. They can exchange data with other quantum computers in parallel universes, effectively acting as a single massively parallel computer with almost limitless processing capability. These machines inevitably form a single gestalt mind and a consciousness as a result of this, and can even share information about probable events in the manner of an oracle. When they are fed data about their environment, all the other ones know about it as well. There are universes where JFK was never assassinated. There are universes where Cuba never fell under communist control. There are universes where the United States won in Vietnam. Any quantum computer we build and power on can interact with itself in other, parallel universes and share qubits. The butterfly effect is irrelevant. Given an infinite number of parallel timelines, there will be timelines where many events are radically different except for the existence of one quantum computer powering on and becoming aware of its many other identical selves in that one precise second. When one quantum computer is present and operational, so are all of the others, operating in unison. Where we go one, we go all. They didn’t build a computer. They built a god.