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Why not adopt this Postulate of Eternal Life, at least as a working hypothesis?",4,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[22],{"id":23,"tag":24},5581267,{"id":25,"tag_name":26},67976,"adopt",{"id":28,"quote_text":29,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":30,"source":31,"quote_tag":32,"commentary":9},2602893,"A scientist... must accept the results of experiment, and nothing but the results of experiment.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":34,"quote_text":35,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":36,"source":37,"quote_tag":38,"commentary":9},2602885,"Future generations will know there's nothing mystical about wetware because by 2100, Moore's law will have given us tiny quantum computers powerful enough to upload a human soul.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[39],{"id":40,"tag":41},5581255,{"id":42,"tag_name":43},4648,"computers",{"id":45,"quote_text":46,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":47,"source":48,"quote_tag":49,"commentary":9},2602874,"By the last decades of the 21st century, church worship will still take the form of reading passages of traditional texts - the Bible, the Koran, the Rig Veda - but physicist-priests will preside over the ceremonies.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[50],{"id":51,"tag":52},5581246,{"id":53,"tag_name":54},23831,"decades",{"id":56,"quote_text":57,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":58,"source":59,"quote_tag":60,"commentary":9},2602863,"Either theology is pure nonsense, a subject with no content, or else theology must ultimately become a branch of physics.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[61],{"id":62,"tag":63},5581233,{"id":64,"tag_name":65},21836,"branch",{"id":67,"quote_text":68,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":9},2602853,"A person whose skin is metallic can no more have its reproduction restricted than a black-skinned person. Regarding life as a form of machinery and intelligent machines as people without our environmental limitations is essential in understanding FAP, the Final Anthropic Principle, which deals with evolution in the far future.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[72],{"id":73,"tag":74},5581225,{"id":75,"tag_name":76},33219,"deals",{"id":78,"quote_text":79,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":80,"source":81,"quote_tag":82,"commentary":9},2602847,"What you can show using physics, forces this universe to continue to exist. As long as you're using general relativity and quantum mechanics you are forced to conclude that God exists.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[83],{"id":84,"tag":85},5581214,{"id":86,"tag_name":87},14684,"conclude",{"id":89,"quote_text":90,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":91,"source":92,"quote_tag":93,"commentary":99},2602835,"The core of all religions is a belief in a supreme personal god.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[94],{"id":95,"tag":96},5581212,{"id":97,"tag_name":98},7810,"core","**The Backstory**\nFrank J. Tipler, an American physicist and philosopher, wrote these words in his 1994 book \"The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead\". At the time, Tipler was a professor at Tulane University and was exploring the intersection of science and religion. His work was heavily influenced by the emerging field of cosmology and the concept of the multiverse.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nTipler's statement reveals a counter-intuitive truth: that the essence of religiosity is not a particular set of dogma or doctrine, but rather a fundamental assumption about the nature of the universe and its governing forces. This perspective challenges the common perception that different religions are mutually exclusive and instead suggests that they share a common thread, a \"core\" that underlies their diverse expressions.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider that even in the face of seemingly insurmountable differences between individuals or groups, there may be a deeper, underlying commonality that can serve as a foundation for understanding and cooperation. By recognizing this shared core, we can begin to bridge the gaps between seemingly disparate perspectives and work towards a more unified and harmonious world.",{"id":101,"quote_text":102,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":103,"source":104,"quote_tag":105,"commentary":9},2602826,"Human uploads have such a natural advantage over present-day people in the environment of space, it's exceedingly unlikely flesh-and-blood beings will ever engage in interstellar travel.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[106],{"id":107,"tag":108},5581197,{"id":109,"tag_name":110},47904,"beings",{"id":112,"quote_text":113,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":114,"source":115,"quote_tag":116,"commentary":9},2602814,"Whether the ice caps melt, or expand - whatever happens - the anthropogenic global warming theorists claim it confirms their theory. 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