Omega Point en · NOUN
Etymology
The use of omega to refer to the concept was originated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in reference to it being the final letter of the Greek alphabet; see alpha and omega.
Meanings
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A maximal level of complexity in the universe, often equated with the Christian God, which some philosophers believe is inevitable.
We may hope that the intelligence at the omega point will consist of our descendants. That is to say, of our intellectual descendants, since our present physical forms could not survive near the omega point.
1998 [1997], David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 352:[Philip] Goff likens this scenario to the visions of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French Jesuit priest who, as we've seen, prophesied the coming Omega Point and inspired aspects of transhumanism.
2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 9, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN:
Forms
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| Omega point | alternative | lexicographic |