Science Bros
Well, a true higher power would have an inherent right, and would by definition be incapable of ignorance, but sure, anyone short of actual God is going to have a hard case to make. It would be nice if it were God, wouldn't it? So many questions, answered. That might be worth the utter destruction of four and a half billion years' work.
I believe outsmarting is the traditional method in David and Goliath match-ups.