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The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead
Is there a higher power in the universe? What happens to us when we die? Leading physicist Frank J. Tipler tackles these questions and more in an astonishing and profoundly important book that scientifically proves the existence of God and the physical resurrection of the dead.
Paperback, 560 pages
Published
September 18th 1997
by Anchor
(first published 1994)
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Religion and science...ahhh, those classic antagonists. The Catholic Church sees fit to torture poor Galileo and Copernicus, whose observations do not fit in with the Ptolemian geocentric universe that so nicely fits in with its philosophy. Petr Beckmann's fine History of Pi takes the Church to task for the Dusk and Night of scientific discovery in the Middle Ages. The litenay of new atheist books out, from Dawkins to Hitchens, claims we cannot have science and religion together.
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I've never read such a pedantic, implausible piece of trash in all my years of studying physics as it relates to Cosmology. First, the author (Book written sometime in 1996 so I realise technology has changed quickly.), a professor of Mathematical Physics at Tulane University (If one could call him such.), has the unmitigated gall to firstly suggest that the "findings of his research with some of physics's top minds" has nothing to do with Christianity or the existence of Christ. It wi...more
Interesting theory to think about, but I don't buy it.
Omega Point Theory
Life is information processing
Humans will develop self-replicating machines that will be sent out into the universe and eventually colonize the universe and control the universe.
At the end of time the memory of everything will converge at the Omega Point and like a computer program will be run in eternity giving eternal life to everyone who has ever lived.
Colonization by von Neumann probes ...more
Omega Point Theory
Life is information processing
Humans will develop self-replicating machines that will be sent out into the universe and eventually colonize the universe and control the universe.
At the end of time the memory of everything will converge at the Omega Point and like a computer program will be run in eternity giving eternal life to everyone who has ever lived.
Colonization by von Neumann probes ...more
Wishful thinking disguised as science.
I bought this purely for the purpose of seeing how Tipler, a theoretical physicist, was going to construct a mathematically-based proof that the end of the universe will consist of God resurrecting all the souls of those who have ever lived and taking them on an eternity-trip to Heaven, replete with memories, milk, and stardust cookies - and then freely stealing his ideas where applicable in order to incorporate them into my own half-baked conjecture about this infinite wad of Silly Putty we cal...more
It's a wild idea, God as the infinite Turing machine at the collapse of the universe. He finds the idea of the eternal return very repugnant. Given the current guesses about the state of cosmology, I would have to reject the basic premise as having been tested and found to be false. The universe is flat and expanding forever, at least until it hits another brane. We live in a multiverse and that would imply an infinite number of infinite Omega Points.
The idea that the future ultimate compu...more
The idea that the future ultimate compu...more
I have to admit, i only read the preface and half of the first chapter,
but after I read Tipler's description of a Pantheist but personal god who is not yet fully him/herself but will be at the point of the resurrection, and having some major qualms with his understanding of chaos, I decided that this book was not worth my time.
but after I read Tipler's description of a Pantheist but personal god who is not yet fully him/herself but will be at the point of the resurrection, and having some major qualms with his understanding of chaos, I decided that this book was not worth my time.
Interesting theory, but Mr. Tipler's first gift is probably not prose. I would also advise anyone with less than a high level of mathematical acumen (such as myself) to beware the finer points of this book. Frank writes for the masses as much as he can, but attempts to back it up with math that is rather more than I can handle.
Uses relativity and the possible energies of the "Big Crunch" and relativity to explain how how god is a possible future. The book offers not entirely implausible theories providing hope about the physical universe and it's ultimate future.
So far uninspiring, however his claim that for religion to survive it will need to be adopted by physics is quite interesting.
Tipler is a recognized expert in the fields of computer science, physics, and astronomy/cosmology. This is a very difficult read. The second half of the book consists of mathematical equations proving his theory set for in the first half: That every human that ever lived will be immortalized in an emulation--and matched with his or her perfect mate. It is worth reading to gain insight into computer and programming theory. It also does a good job of laying out the future of the universe, in l...more
Read this in high school. Reads like the plot for a cheesy sci-fi movie.
Way out of touch, but way cool. A great book to open one's eyes about science.
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna learn how to fly
I'm gonna learn how to fly
not an easy read
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Tipler is nuts. Brilliant, interesting, compelling, but nuts. This book comes across as a genius's urgent need to heal the pain of the holocost by resurrecting the dead in the grandest thought-experiment of all time.
Cosmos and nanotechnology
Imagine the entire cosmos conquered by nanotech self-replicating machines? That's just one of the far-out ideas to chew on in this book. Even if the whole theory doesn't hang together, a lot of the parts are extremely interesting.
Note: Readers without a background in science or engineering will find this tough going.
Imagine the entire cosmos conquered by nanotech self-replicating machines? That's just one of the far-out ideas to chew on in this book. Even if the whole theory doesn't hang together, a lot of the parts are extremely interesting.
Note: Readers without a background in science or engineering will find this tough going.
New concept of computer emulation of the Universe and the importance of being able to experience an actual infinity through infinite senses or mind etc., so that we can avoid eternal recurrence. Eternal recurrence would be very boring in a Heaven realm.
I understood about 5 percent of this book. I read it on the ferry to Ellis Island in order to impress a girl I wanted to have sex with. I only got a blow job out of it, so I guess she wasn't that impressed.
It turns out that God and Heaven might exist after all. Aren't I fuckin' surprised!
A fascinating theory, but ultimately without evidence behind it to convince me.
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