Omega Point

  • a term coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for a future point of convergent unity, where life attains complete control of available matter & energy, and becomes one
  • later adapted by Frank Tipler into the Omega Point Theory, which is a specific cosmological theory about the future of the universe
  • resembles some descriptions of the Singularity

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Omega Point Theory

- a cosmological theory from Frank Tipler - first described in The Physics of Immortality (1994) - named for the Omega Point of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - postulates that - Life continues forever - Life…

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

…nacknowledged) influence on Secular Transhumanism. Posited the Noosphere, which may have anticipated the internet. Posited the Omega Point, which some have compared to the Singularity. Read more by Micah Redding: https://web.archive.org/web/20201108100316/https://www.vice.com/en/article/nz7z7…

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Frank Tipler

…future point of convergent unity, where life attains complete control of available matter & energy, and becomes one - later adapted by Frank Tipler into the Omega Point…

Omega Point Theory

…t unity, where life attains complete control of available matter & energy, and becomes one - later adapted by Frank Tipler into the Omega Point Theory, which is…

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

- a term coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for a future point of convergent unity, where life attains complete control of available matter & energy, and becomes…