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'''Omega point''' is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the ultimate maximum level of complexity-consciousness, considered by him the aim towards which consciousness evolves. Rather than divinity being found "in the heavens" he held that evolution was a process converging toward a "final unity", identical with the Eschaton (theology and with God. According to Chardin and the Russian scholar and biologist Vladimir Vernadsky (author of ''The Geosphere'' 1924 and ''The Biosphere'' 1926), the planet is in a transformative process, metamorphosing from the biosphere into the [[Noosphere]]. | '''Omega point''' is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the ultimate maximum level of complexity-consciousness, considered by him the aim towards which consciousness evolves. Rather than divinity being found "in the heavens" he held that evolution was a process converging toward a "final unity", identical with the Eschaton (theology and with God. According to Chardin and the Russian scholar and biologist Vladimir Vernadsky (author of ''The Geosphere'' 1924 and ''The Biosphere'' 1926), the planet is in a transformative process, metamorphosing from the biosphere into the [[Noosphere]]. | ||
(excerpted from the Wikipedia) | (excerpted from the Wikipedia). | ||
De Chardin's ideas, like Noosphere and Omega point, certainly influenced a lot the more mystical crew of cyberculture. It's easy to see in noosphere the prefiguration of the Web, and in the "omega point" the idea of the Net becoming a god-like sentient, an idea already present in William Gibson's trilogy. This "digital chardinism" is certainly one of the motors of the "free" ideology. One may find De Chardin's influence on people like John Perry barlow, for instance, who said: ""Teilhard's work is about creating a consciousness so profound it will make good company for God itself." | |||
De Chardin's ideas, like the Noosphere and the Omega point, certainly influenced a lot the more mystical crew of cyberculture. It's easy to see in noosphere the prefiguration of the Web, and in the "omega point" the idea of the Net becoming a god-like sentient, an idea already present in William Gibson's trilogy. This "digital chardinism" is certainly one of the motors of the "free" ideology. One may find De Chardin's influence on people like John Perry barlow, for instance, who said: ""Teilhard's work is about creating a consciousness so profound it will make good company for God itself." | |||
Now, de Chardin "omega point" was restricted to earth. Currently, some transhumanists thinkers like Frank Tipler name "omega point" a state of superintelligence existing at the end of the universe. | Now, de Chardin "omega point" was restricted to earth. Currently, some transhumanists thinkers like Frank Tipler name "omega point" a state of superintelligence existing at the end of the universe. | ||
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Omega point is a term invented by French Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the ultimate maximum level of complexity-consciousness, considered by him the aim towards which consciousness evolves. Rather than divinity being found "in the heavens" he held that evolution was a process converging toward a "final unity", identical with the Eschaton (theology and with God. According to Chardin and the Russian scholar and biologist Vladimir Vernadsky (author of The Geosphere 1924 and The Biosphere 1926), the planet is in a transformative process, metamorphosing from the biosphere into the Noosphere. (excerpted from the Wikipedia).
De Chardin's ideas, like the Noosphere and the Omega point, certainly influenced a lot the more mystical crew of cyberculture. It's easy to see in noosphere the prefiguration of the Web, and in the "omega point" the idea of the Net becoming a god-like sentient, an idea already present in William Gibson's trilogy. This "digital chardinism" is certainly one of the motors of the "free" ideology. One may find De Chardin's influence on people like John Perry barlow, for instance, who said: ""Teilhard's work is about creating a consciousness so profound it will make good company for God itself." Now, de Chardin "omega point" was restricted to earth. Currently, some transhumanists thinkers like Frank Tipler name "omega point" a state of superintelligence existing at the end of the universe.