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The Physics of God and the Quantum Gravity Theory of Everything∗ The Physics of God and the Quantum Gravity Theory of Everything∗ James Redford† September 10, 2012 ABSTRACT: Analysis is given of the Omega Point cosmology, an extensively peer- reviewed proof (i.e., mathematical theorem) published in leading physics journals by professor of physics and mathematics Frank J. Tipler, which demonstrates that in order for the known laws of physics to be mutually consistent, the universe must diverge to infinite computational power as it collapses into a final cosmo- logical singularity, termed the Omega Point. The theorem is an intrinsic compo- nent of the Feynman–DeWitt–Weinberg quantum gravity/Standard Model Theory of Everything (TOE) describing and unifying all the forces in physics, of which itself is also required by the known physical laws. With infinite computational re- sources, the dead can be resurrected—never to die again—via perfect computer emulation of the multiverse from its start at the Big Bang. Miracles are also phys- ically allowed via electroweak quantum tunneling controlled by the Omega Point cosmological singularity. The Omega Point is a different aspect of the Big Bang cosmological singularity—the first cause—and the Omega Point has all the haec- ceities claimed for God in the traditional religions. From this analysis, conclusions are drawn regarding the social, ethical, eco- nomic and political implications of the Omega Point cosmology. ∗Originally published at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) on December 19, 2011, doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1974708 . Herein revised on September 10, 2012. This article and its contents are re- leased in the public domain. If one desires a copyright for this work, then this article and its contents are also released under Version 3.0 of the “Attribution (By)” Creative Commons license and/or Version 1.3 of the GNU Free Documentation License. Note that this article incorporates various priorly-published writings of mine in diverse locations. †Email address: <[email protected]>. 1 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1974708 Contents 1 A Brief Description of the Omega Point Cosmology 4 2 History of the Omega Point Cosmology 5 3 Physics of the Omega Point Cosmology 12 3.1 The Omega Point . 12 3.2 The Omega Point and the Quantum Gravity Theory of Everything . 19 3.3 The Universal Resurrection of the Dead . 24 3.4 The Omega Point Cosmology Vis-à-Vis String Theory and Other Pro- posed New Physics . 25 4 Criticisms of the Omega Point Cosmology 26 5 The Big Bang 28 6 Science Comes Home 33 7 The Nature of God 35 7.1 The Haecceities of God . 35 7.2 The Aseity of God . 37 7.3 The Trinity of God . 43 7.4 The Theodicy of Existence . 45 7.4.1 The Problem of Evil . 45 7.4.2 God’s Relation to the Old Testament . 46 7.4.3 Ha’Mashiach . 47 7.4.4 The Soteriology of Existence . 50 8 The Societal Implications of the Omega Point Cosmology 53 8.1 Ethics . 53 8.1.1 The Dysteleology of Life without God . 53 8.1.2 Life with God . 55 8.2 Ponerology Vis-à-Vis Politics . 63 8.2.1 The Beast . 63 8.2.2 The Mark of the Beast . 98 9 The Omega Point Cosmology Vis-à-Vis the New Testament 108 Appendices 121 2 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1974708 A The Bekenstein Bound 121 A.1 A Description of the Bekenstein Bound . 121 A.2 The Bekenstein Bound and the Ultimate Future of the Universe . 123 A.3 An Example of the Bekenstein Bound . 126 A.4 The Bekenstein Bound and Artificial Intelligence . 126 B Biography of Frank J. Tipler 127 C Biography of the Author 128 D Additional Resources 128 Glossary 130 Acronyms 134 List of Symbols 135 Bibliography 135 List of Figures 1 The Multiversal Formulation of the Omega Point Cosmology 1 . .9 2 The Multiversal Formulation of the Omega Point Cosmology 2 . 10 3 The Universe’s Taublike Collapse Cycles . 17 4 Penrose Diagram of the Omega Point Cosmology . 20 5 Available Energy During the Universe’s Collapse . 21 6 Entropy Growth Allowed During the Universe’s Collapse . 22 7 An Example of a Fractal . 42 3 1 A Brief Description of the Omega Point Cosmology The Omega Point cosmology by Tulane University professor of physics and mathe- matics Frank J. Tipler is a proof of God’s existence according to the known laws of physics, i.e., the Second Law of Thermodynamics, General Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics [436–438, 440, 441, 443–445, 447]. The theorem is an integral part of the Feynman–DeWitt–Weinberg quantum gravity/Standard Model Theory of Everything (TOE), which is also required by the known physical laws [441, 445, 447]. The Omega Point is a term used by Prof. Tipler to designate the final cosmological singularity, which according to the known laws of physics is a physically-necessary cosmological state in the far future of the universe. Per the laws of physics, as the universe comes to an end at this singularity in a particular form of the Big Crunch, the computational capacity of the universe (in terms of both its processor speed and memory storage) increases unlimitedly with a hyperbolic growth rate as the radius of the universe collapses to zero, allowing an infinite number of bits to be processed and stored before the end of spacetime. Via this supertask, a simulation run on this cosmological computer can thereby continue forever in its own terms (i.e., in computer clock time, or experiential time), even though the universe lasts only a finite amount of proper time. The known laws of physics require there be intelligent civilizations in existence at the appropriate time in order to force the collapse of the universe and then manipulate its collapse so that the computational capacity of the universe can diverge to infinity. Due to the increasing temperature of the universe during the collapse phase (wherein the temperature diverges to infinity), life will have to transfer its information processes to higher energy states, eventually using elementary particles to directly compute on via traveling waves and standing waves. As the radius of the universe goes to zero, the matter energy of the universe goes to positive infinity,1 thereby allowing the number of particle states in which to store information to diverge to infinity. The Omega Point final singularity and its state of infinite informational capacity is by definition God, due to it having all the haecceities claimed for God by the traditional religions (as is detailed in Section 7.1). The final singularity is actually a different aspect of the Big Bang initial singularity, i.e., the first cause, a definition of God held by all the Abrahamic religions. The implication of the Omega Point cosmology for present- day humans is that the cosmic-scale computer close in proper time to the Omega Point will be able to run computer emulations which are perfectly accurate down to the quantum level of every physically-possible universe, and of any life contained in 1For how the matter energy of the universe can diverge to positive infinity without violating the conservation of energy, see the excerpt of Prof. Stephen Hawking on p. 16. 4 them, from the start of the Big Bang (which starts at zero informational capacity and diverges to infinite informational capacity as the universe progresses in time, thereby allowing sufficiently later states of the universe to perfectly render earlier states). The recreated inhabitants at the states near the Omega Point will thereby be resurrected in an infinite-duration afterlife, which can take any imaginable form due to its computer- rendered nature. The interstellar colonization phase required for achieving the Omega Point will be accomplished by naturally-evolved sapient lifeforms (with such species indepen- dently evolved on average roughly every Hubble volume2) whose brains have been transformed (e.g., with nanotechnology) into artificial computers (such as quantum computers) onboard tiny starships of circa one kilogram that will exponentially colo- nize space, many times faster than mortal human beings. The incredible expense of keeping flesh-and-blood humans alive in space makes it highly improbable that such humans will ever personally travel to other stars. Instead, highly efficient substrate- transformations of naturally-evolved sapient minds and artificial intelligences will spread civilization throughout space. Given the rate of exponential growth of human technological development, this colonization phase should likely start before 2100. Small spaceships under heavy acceleration up to relativistic speeds can then reach nearby stars in less than a decade. In one million years, these superintelligent self- replicating spacecraft will have completely colonized the Milky Way Galaxy. In 100 million years, the Virgo Supercluster will be colonized. From that point on, the entire visible universe will be engulfed by these sapient spaceships as it approaches the point of maximum expansion. The final singularity of the Omega Point itself will be reached between 1018 and 1019 years of proper time (i.e., one quintillion to ten quintillion years, using the US short scale convention for names of large numbers).3 2 History of the Omega Point Cosmology Prof. Tipler’s Omega Point cosmology has been peer-reviewed and published in many prestigious physics and science journals since 1986 [426, 429–434, 436–438, 440, 443, 445]. The first book wherein the Omega Point Theory was described was 1986’s The Anthropic Cosmological Principle, written by astrophysicist John D. Barrow (pro- 2Ref. 443, p. 147 of the Int. J. Astrobio. version, or p. 8 of the arXiv version. 3Ref. 445, pp. 915–916 of the Rep. Prog. Phys.
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