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The Intelligent Universe

A new book to be published this month sounds interesting: The Intelligent Universe (Amazon US and UK) by James N. Gardner:

In The Intelligent Universe, James Gardner envisions a third dramatic alternative—a final state of the cosmos in which a highly evolved form of group intelligence engineers a cosmic renewal, the birth of a new universe.

Gardner’s vision is that life and intelligence are at the very heart of the elegant machinery of the universe. It is a viewpoint that has won outspoken praise from an array of leading scientists, including Sir Martin Rees, Britain’s Astronomer Royal, and Templeton Prize winner Paul Davies.

The Intelligent Universe is both a look into the past and a road map for the future of the universe. It explores the mysteries of the universe and of consciousness, and provides a frank and fascinating look at where our minds are taking us.

You can find more about the book at Ray Kurzweil’s website – in fact, Kurzweil wrote the foreword to the book, which is available online as well.

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  1. Evolved consciousness or conscious evolution?
    I find it slightly ironic that materialist scientists are quite prepared to envisage a future universe in which consciousness has evolved to the point of absolute mastery over matter but would cry heresy at the suggestion that this is already (and always has been) the case.

    To my mind (pun intended), consciousness is the basic “stuff” of the universe and it is consciouness that directs physical evolution therein. Indeed, matter is solidified thought. The difference is fundamental, however: Materialists believe that consciousness evolved out of a purely material universe while Idealists would have it that conciousness creates the (illusion of a) physical universe.

    Without having read either book, I suspect that Mr. Gardner’s work is closely aligned with the Omega Point theory of Frank Tipler. It is also not too far removed from the subject matter of the Matrix films (evolved intelligence creates a virtual universe). In all of these scenarios, physical matter is first cause even though consciouness is allowed to run the show from there onwards.

    For comparison, Google these …

    TIPLER: The Omega Point

    GOSWAMI: The Self Aware Universe

    RADIN: The Conscious Universe

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