X-Message-Number: 8298
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 23:19:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: John K Clark <>
Subject: Tipler

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In  #8289 On  Fri, 06 Jun 97  Mike Perry <> Wrote:


        >As for Tipler's Omega Point Theory, I agree that the whole thing
        
        >depends on too many conditionals, all of which must be true, and
                >it seems doubtful to me too.
           

Tipler thinks that the universe will be able to perform an infinite, and not  
just astronomical, number of calculations between now and the final 
singularity at the end of the Big Crunch. In order for that to be possible a 
great many things must come out exactly right, so many things that it is very
unlikely to happen by coincidence. It is for this reason that I think Tipler's 
critics were being unfair when they labeled it Pseudo Science. His ideas 
might be completely wrong but they are not silly because it's possible to 
prove them wrong. Tipler's Omega Point Theory makes a bunch of predictions, 
practical predictions that should be able to be tested for in the next 4 or 5 
years. 

                                           John K Clark       

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