Frank J. Tipler Quotes

b. 1947 United States

Frank J. Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.

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Only if God is not in any sense contingent can one avoid regress posed in the query, who created God?

The Physics of Immortality (1994)

It is argued that if extraterrestrial intelligent beings exist, then their spaceships must already be present in our solar system.

Extraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist (1980)

With the introduction into physics of the Dirac/Dyson Eternal Life Postulate, science has taken the last independent stronghold of theology.

The Physics of Immortality (1994)

It is a deficiency in computer technology, which prevents us from beginning the exploration of the Galaxy tomorrow.

Extraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist (1980)

It would... not be... inaccurate to regard one of the subprograms of the universal mind in the far future, one with a Turing Test-passing subprogram, as an "angel."

The Physics of Immortality (1994)

Even if there were no planets in the stellar system... the... machine could be programmed to turn some of the material into an O'Neill colony...

Extraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist (1980)

As ves is of the same order as the stellar random motion velocities, very sensitive guidance would be required... not... an insuperable problem with the assumed level of computer technology.

Extraterrestrial intelligent beings do not exist (1980)

The Omega Point is in essence the Tillich-Pannenberg God: Being itself, but the mode of Being is futurity. This establishes the Omega Point as the God... there cannot be more being than all Being...

The Physics of Immortality (1994)

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